17-year-old dies after kayak overturns
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(ABC 6 News) — A 17-year-old from Minnesota is dead after his kayak tipped over on a western Wisconsin lake.
According to the Barron County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received reports of people screaming for help on Kirby Lake in Maple Plain Township just after 12:30 on Saturday.
Two people were in the water, and the 17-year-old had not resurfaced.
Several rescue agencies searched the lake, and divers brought the boy to the surface. He was airlifted to a hospital but did not survive.
The boy’s name and cause of death have not been released. The Barron County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin DNR are investigating.