ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - A Sutherlin, Oregon, man is presumed drowned after a canoe overturned in the Umpqua River.
Douglas County Sheriff’s spokesman Dwes Hutson says 34-year-old Shaun Laughlin and another man were in a 15-foot canoe that capsized Sunday.
According to Hutson, Laughlin held onto the canoe while the other man swam to shore. After reaching land, the man looked back and didn’t see Laughlin. He went to a road and flagged down a passing motorist.
Hutson says searchers could not find Laughlin on Sunday afternoon.
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