BC Coroners Service says it is investigating the sudden death of a man at Yellow Lake in the south Okanagan.
RCMP say the 82-year-old man was fishing when he and a partner somehow ended up in the water.
Byron Robar was at the lake on Friday afternoon when he noticed a person struggling in the water.
Robar went back out on the water but didn’t see anyone else until he noticed something floating near a capsized boat.
“The life jacket was out of the water, but he was underneath,” he said. “I just grabbed a hold of the life jacket and pulled him to shore. By that time the fire department and ambulance pulled him out of the water.”
Robar says the man had been in the water for at least half an hour.
The other man was transported to hospital, but there’s no word on his current condition.
BC Coroners has not identified the victim. It is not yet clear how the accident happened.
—With files from Lauren Pullen
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