New York State Police say a father and son drowned while kayaking on Lake Champlain Friday.
Police say they responded to the Willsboro Bay boat launch around 2:20 p.m. for an overturned kayak, which had been occupied by 28-year-old Patrick Wells and his 3-year-old son Beckett Wells of Willsboro.
They were found unresponsive in the water. Both were soon pronounced dead at regional hospitals.
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Father, 3-year-old son die in Adirondack kayak accident
Their boat flipped over in Willsboro Bay, Essex County; the accident is under investigation.
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A photo of Lake Champlain near Willsboro, Essex County. A father and his three-year-old son died after their kayak flipped over in the lake on Willsboro Bay May 7, 2021.Merry Lee Kraft
WILLSBORO A lakeside community in the North Country is in shock and mourning after a young father and his 3-year-old son died after a kayak accident on Lake Champlain last week.
State Police said Patrick S. Wells, 28, took his son, Beckett, onto Willsboro Bay in Essex County on Friday afternoon and their kayak overturned.
Man, 3-year-old son die after kayak flips on Lake Champlain
May 10, 2021
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WILLSBORO, N.Y. (AP) An upstate New York man and his 3-year-old son died after their kayak overturned on Lake Champlain, state police said Monday.
Patrick Wells, 28, and his son Beckett Wells were on a single-person kayak near the Willsboro Bay boat launch on Friday afternoon when the craft overturned. Both were found in the water unresponsive, according to police.
Police said the deaths of the two Willsboro residents were accidental. Investigators did not know why the kayak overturned.
An autopsy completed Monday determined Patrick Wells drowned due to hypothermia and cold water exposure.
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