A kayaker died Thursday afternoon in an incident with the Buena Vista Ferry on the Willamette River, north of Albany, according to the Polk Fire District No. 1
The fire district said crews responded to a water rescue at the ferry, “where one person was confirmed dead while kayaking near the ferry on the Willamette River,” the agency said in a Facebook post.
“Polk Fire is currently working with Jefferson Fire District, the Linn County Sheriff’s office, Polk County Sheriff’s office, and the Linn County Dive team at the scene,” it added.
Scanner traffic and social media reports from the scene indicated two kayaks were near the ferry and one of them hit it and went under the boat.
Multiple search and rescue watercraft responded to search for the missing kayaker.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 16 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. To support his work, subscribe to the Statesman Journal. He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors.
This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Kayaker dies in incident involving Buena Vista Ferry
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