FALMOUTH (AP) — Maine Marine Patrol officials say the search for a missing kayaker in the Presumpscot River is now a recovery mission for his body.
Sgt. Tom Hale says rescue crews were dispatched to the river around 6:30 p.m. Thursday after an unidentified boy didn’t make it back to shore when his tandem kayak capsized near the Allen Avenue bridge in Falmouth.
The boy’s companion was able to swim to safety. He was wearing a life jacket. The missing boy, believed to be 16 years old, wasn’t wearing one.
Hale says the current is strong in that particular section of the river.
Responders from the Maine Marine Patrol, Maine Warden Service, state police dive team, Falmouth harbormaster and Falmouth fire and police searched for the boy, but he was never found.
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