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(UPDATE) Names released in eastern IA fatal kayak accident

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January 6th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

In an update to our earlier reports, authorities in eastern Iowa, Sunday, released the names of the two victims involved in a fatal kayaking accident. Officials said 61-year-old Timothy Chicoine, of Des Moines died at the Pella Regional Hospital. 56-year-old Kevin Beatty, of Tracy, was treated and released from the same hospital.

The men were kayaking below the Lake Red Rock dam on the Des Moines River, when their kayaks capsized at around 11-a.m., Saturday morning. Ames construction workers, area fishermen, firefighters from Knoxville Rural and Knoxville city fire departments, Pella Ambulance crews and deputies threw rescue lines to Beatty, who was still fighting to hold onto the capsized kayak.

They were able to get him out of the deadly current, where members of the Pella Fire Department could get ahold of him.