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Columbia River kayakers died in cold water

Friday, January 4, 2013

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Clark County medical examiner's office says a Vancouver woman and a Gresham, Ore., man both died of hypothermia after their kayak accidentally overturned in the Columbia River.

They were officially identified Thursday as 51-year-old Teddi Ann Watanabe of Vancouver and 50-year-old Bradley James Lynch of Gresham.

The Columbian reports (http://bit.ly/S9lxG2 ) there were no witnesses to the accident which happened around Christmas.

Watanabe's body was found Dec. 28 in the Columbia River near the I-205 bridge at Vancouver. Searchers later found an empty two-person kayak washed up on Government Island, and Lynch's body was found Wednesday in the water.

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Information from: The Columbian, http://www.columbian.com

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