Authorities say a 50-year-old Florida man died in Utah’s Provo River after getting caught in the current under a railroad bridge.
KUTV reports the man was kayaking with family Tuesday afternoon on the river northeast of the city of Provo.
Wasatch County Chief Deputy Jared Rigby says the man was wearing a lifejacket, but the water’s strength trapped him under a truss of the bridge.
Rescue teams from North Fork Fire and Wasatch County were in the water for about an hour before they were able recover the body.
Authorities did not identify the man as notification of his death to other family members was pending Tuesday.
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