Las Vegas man drowns in weekend kayak trip on Warm River

ASHTON — A Las Vegas man is dormant aft drowning successful Warm River adjacent Ashton complete nan weekend.

It happened Saturday astir 1:40 p.m., according to Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Bart Quayle.

Quayle tells EastIdahoNews.com an older man, whom they’ve identified arsenic 68-year-old Bruce Heinz, and his woman were floating nan stream connected kayaks, erstwhile immoderate benignant of incident occurred.

No 1 saw what happened, truthful authorities don’t person immoderate accusation astir really Heinz drowned. Quayle did opportunity neither of nan kayakers were wearing life jackets.

Several bully Samaritans who were recreating connected nan stream recovered his assemblage and pulled it to shore, Quayle says. They administered CPR until paramedics arrived.

Heinz ne'er regained consciousness and was pronounced dormant a short clip later.

Quayle expresses his condolences to nan Heinz family. He and different emergency responders are reminding nan wide nationalist to beryllium safe while recreating successful Fremont County.

“Fremont County is simply a awesome spot to recreate, but we promote nan usage of flags, helmets and wide safety, whether it’s connected nan sand, nan h2o aliases connected nan highway,” Quayle says.

Quayle is grateful to everyone progressive successful nan response, including nan sheriff’s office, Fremont County Emergency Management, Fire Marshal Keith Richey and EMS.