Forest rangers find overturned kayak in freezing lake, man safe on shore
MCDONOUGH – A 22-year-old Endicott man told law enforcement that he was forced to swim to shore after the kayak overturned near the Long Pond State Forest in McDonough.
According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, at 2:15 p.m. on November 9, Forest Ranger Jeremy Oldroyd and a Chenango County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a report of an overturned kayak near the boat launch at Long Pond State Forest.
DEC officials reported that a passerby noticed the overturned kayak in the water off shore from the boat launch with no one around.
They said while Ranger Oldroyd was en route, Chenango County 911 advised that the passerby had also spotted a man apparently sleeping in a truck in the parking lot of the boat launch.
Oldroyd approached the truck and interviewed the 22-year-old male from Endicott, who said that at 9 a.m., he took his kayak out to join his friends fishing on the lake when the incident occurred.
Officials said the Endicott man hit an ice patch and overturned his kayak, but was able to bring the kayak to within 25 yards of shore before he became cold and tired. The man, who was wearing a personal floatation device, was able to swim the rest of the way to shore but left the kayak behind. He declined medical treatment.
– By Zachary Meseck, Sun Staff Writer
According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, at 2:15 p.m. on November 9, Forest Ranger Jeremy Oldroyd and a Chenango County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a report of an overturned kayak near the boat launch at Long Pond State Forest.
DEC officials reported that a passerby noticed the overturned kayak in the water off shore from the boat launch with no one around.
They said while Ranger Oldroyd was en route, Chenango County 911 advised that the passerby had also spotted a man apparently sleeping in a truck in the parking lot of the boat launch.
Oldroyd approached the truck and interviewed the 22-year-old male from Endicott, who said that at 9 a.m., he took his kayak out to join his friends fishing on the lake when the incident occurred.
Officials said the Endicott man hit an ice patch and overturned his kayak, but was able to bring the kayak to within 25 yards of shore before he became cold and tired. The man, who was wearing a personal floatation device, was able to swim the rest of the way to shore but left the kayak behind. He declined medical treatment.
– By Zachary Meseck, Sun Staff Writer
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