A day on the water turned to tragedy for two friends who were kayaking along the Cheakamus River just north of Squamish Saturday, according to Squamish RCMP.
In a statement to Global News, RCMP confirm one of the two friends ‘passed away suddenly’ while kayaking, but did not outright confirm if this sudden death was a drowning.
Mounties offered little else when pressed for details, only adding efforts to resuscitate the victim were not successful.
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No word on where along the river or at what time of day the death occured.
We reached out to BC Emergency Health Services for comment.
More to come.
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