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Fisherman finds kayak floating upside down at Oconee River Greenway

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A fisherman called police after he found a kayak floating upside down and unoccupied at the Oconee River Greenway. According to Major Linc Boyer, police and fire showed up to the scene around 9 p.m. Officers got the kayak out […]

A fisherman called police after he found a kayak floating upside down and unoccupied at the Oconee River Greenway.

According to Major Linc Boyer, police and fire showed up to the scene around 9 p.m.

Officers got the kayak out of the water and were checking the area by boat and drone when they made contact with a woman who said the kayak belonged to her.

She said she fell out about a half mile north of the bridge and her kayak filled up with water, so she swam to a rock and called her father to come pick her up by boat. She was wearing a life jacket.

Please see the following link Boyer posted on the Milledgeville Police Department page for safety tips when on the water: https://www.georgiapower.com/…/lakes…/water-safety.html