Updated: 5:14 PM EDT May 10, 2021 A northern New York man and his 3-year-old son are dead after a kayak they were using overturned on Lake Champlain, investigators with state police confirmed Monday afternoon. Police said 28-year-old Patrick Wells and his son, Beckett, were boating in Willsboro Bay on Friday when their single-person kayak overturned. Both were found unresponsive in the water at approximately 2:30 p.m., police stated in a news release.The man and his son were brought to the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh for treatment, where Patrick Wells was pronounced dead. Beckett was flown to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, where he was pronounced dead the following day. An autopsy report released Monday determined the cause of death to be drowning and hypothermia due to cold water exposure. Both deaths have been ruled as accidental. Police said the incident remains under investigation. State police were aided in their resp
New York State Police say a father and son drowned while kayaking on Lake Champlain Friday.
Police say they responded to the Willsboro Bay boat launch around 2:20 p.m. for an overturned kayak, which had been occupied by 28-year-old Patrick Wells and his 3-year-old son Beckett Wells of Willsboro.
They were found unresponsive in the water. Both were soon pronounced dead at regional hospitals.
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WILLSBORO, N.Y. (AP) An upstate New York man and his 3-year-old son died after their kayak overturned on Lake Champlain, state police said Monday.
Patrick Wells, 28, and his son Beckett Wells were on a single-person kayak near the Willsboro Bay boat launch on Friday afternoon when the craft overturned. Both were found in the water unresponsive, according to police.
Police said the deaths of the two Willsboro residents were accidental. Investigators did not know why the kayak overturned.
An autopsy completed Monday determined Patrick Wells drowned due to hypothermia and cold water exposure.
Life vests were found near the victims in the water. Investigators were unsure if they were being worn before the kayak overturned, police said.
Father, 3-year-old son die in cold water of Lake Champlain after kayak overturns
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A 28-year-old father and his 3-year-old were killed after their kayak overturned on Lake Champlain Friday afternoon, according to New York State Police.
Patrick S. Wells and his 3-year-old son, Beckett L. Wells, both of Willsboro, NY in Essex County, were both found unresponsive in the water about 2:20 p.m., troopers said in a news release Monday.
Police said the two drowned due to hypothermia and cold water exposure.
The temperature of the water this weekend was about 45 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. A person can become unconscious in as little as 30 minutes and can die in one to three hours in water that cold.
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WILLSBORO, N.Y. (AP) An upstate New York man and his 3-year-old son died after their kayak overturned on Lake Champlain, state police said Monday.
Patrick Wells, 28, and his son Beckett Wells were on a single-person kayak near the Willsboro Bay boat launch on Friday afternoon when the craft overturned. Both were found in the water unresponsive, according to police.
Police said the deaths of the two Willsboro residents were accidental. Investigators did not know why the kayak overturned.
An autopsy completed Monday determined Patrick Wells drowned due to hypothermia and cold water exposure.