HAVANA, Ill. – One person is dead after high winds caused a kayak to overturn in Mason County not far from Havana.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says a 27-year-old male kayaker from Champaign fell out of the boat when high winds created rough conditions at the backwater lake on Matanzas Beach.
He was pronounced dead at a Havana hospital.
Another kayaker made it to shore and signaled for help.
That person and two others were also taken to the hospital, but their conditions aren’t known.
An investigation by Illinois Conservation Police continues.
