Two kayakers dead after drowning in Guernsey County lake

On Sunday afternoon in Guernsey County, two men drowned in a lake at an Ohio state park. around Salt Fork State Park in Lore City around 2:47 p.m., two guys were kayaking, according to an Ohio Department of Natural Resources representative. The other man, who was in a different kayak, jumped into the water to assist when one of the kayakers capsized.

According to an ODNR representative, when the police arrived, they removed one body from the river and then the other many hours later. The two drownings are still being looked into.

The victims, Robert Hurst, 69, of Chillicothe, and Thomas Fowler, 53, of Zanesville, were identified by the Guernsey County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday.

On Sunday afternoon in Guernsey County, two men drowned in a lake at an Ohio state park. around Salt Fork State Park in Lore City around 2:47 p.m., two guys were kayaking, according to an Ohio Department of Natural Resources representative. The other man, who was in a different kayak, jumped into the water to assist when one of the kayakers capsized.

According to an ODNR representative, when the police arrived, they removed one body from the river and then the other many hours later. The two drownings are still being looked into.

The victims, Robert Hurst, 69, of Chillicothe, and Thomas Fowler, 53, of Zanesville, were identified by the Guernsey County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday.

On Sunday afternoon in Guernsey County, two men drowned in a lake at an Ohio state park. around Salt Fork State Park in Lore City around 2:47 p.m., two guys were kayaking, according to an Ohio Department of Natural Resources representative. The other man, who was in a different kayak, jumped into the water to assist when one of the kayakers capsized.

According to an ODNR representative, when the police arrived, they removed one body from the river and then the other many hours later. The two drownings are still being looked into.

The victims, Robert Hurst, 69, of Chillicothe, and Thomas Fowler, 53, of Zanesville, were identified by the Guernsey County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday.

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