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Last updated: June 21, 2010 7:41 a.m.

Florida man drowns while kayaking on Eel River

Associated Press

ROANN, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man drowned when he tried to take his kayak over a dam on a northern Indiana river.

State conservation officers say the body of 43-year-old Fred DiGenova was found Sunday, a day after he was lost on the Eel River near the Wabash County town of Roann.

Conservation Officer Dan Lackman says the Lutz, Fla., resident who grew up in the Roann area was kayaking with four others who decided to carry their kayaks around the dam. When they arrived at the other side, he was nowhere to be found.

Lackman says water around the low dam appears calm, but that is misleading because of turbulent water on the downstream side.

Lackman says DiGenova wasn't wearing a life jacket.

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