At approximately 10:15 am on April 4, 2010 a male passenger/ operator canoeist, age 46 and the owner/operator canoeist age 35 were on a 14ft fiberglass small canoe when the passenger operator moved to cast a fishing rod at Nambe Falls Lake

The boat tipped over and both men fell into the lake. The owner /operator  was able to swim to shore however the passenger operator was not found. Both men are from Santa Fe New Mexico and New Mexico State Police divers eventually ocated the body of the passenger/operator. Neither men were wearing life preservers.
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