Sad day on the Chick... Winds yesterday evening out of the NW at 16 gusting to 25. Small craft warnings were up. I am very sorry for this family.
JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) Duck hunters found the body of a 52-year-old Newport News man about a mile from his kayak on the Chicahominy River Saturday afternoon.
The man’s kayak was found anchored about 500 yards and about 50 feet from shore before a group of hunters found his body around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 1, said Lee Walker with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Initial reports indicate the man went fishing last night and his kayak rolled over. He was not found wearing a life-jacket, according to Walker.
Officials are not releasing the man’s identification until his family can be properly notified.
The accident remains under investigation by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) Duck hunters found the body of a 52-year-old Newport News man about a mile from his kayak on the Chicahominy River Saturday afternoon.
The man’s kayak was found anchored about 500 yards and about 50 feet from shore before a group of hunters found his body around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 1, said Lee Walker with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Initial reports indicate the man went fishing last night and his kayak rolled over. He was not found wearing a life-jacket, according to Walker.
Officials are not releasing the man’s identification until his family can be properly notified.
The accident remains under investigation by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
