3 GENTLEMEN WERE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE CHEAT RIVER TO RETRIEVE A BEAR ONE HAD JUST KILLED. PART WAY ACROSS IT BECAME OBVIOUS THE RIVER WAS TOO SWIFT FOR THEIR JON BOAT AND ONE SUBJECT GOT OFF ON A ROCK. THE OTHER TWO WENT ON BUT THE BOAT SOON BEGAN TAKING ON WATER AND CAPSIZED. THE 2 THAT WERE THROWN INTO THE WATER SWAM TO SHORE.  HELICOPTER WAS BROUGHT IN TO RECOVER THE MAN ON THE ROCK. subject WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA.
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