OFFICER WAS DISPATCHED TO A REPORTED CANOE CAPSIZED ON THE POCOMOKE RIVER.THE FIRST VICTIM WAS FOUND ABOUT 200YRDS DOWN RIVER. HE WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER AND WAS IN SOME DISTRESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER. THE SECOND SUBJECT  WAS FOUND APPROX. 100YRDS DOWN RIVER FROM THE FIRST SUBJECT AND HE WAS WITH THE CANOE.BOTH SUBJECTS AND THE CANOE WERE TAKEN BACK TO THE LAUNCH POINT AT PORERTS CROSSING.A DISCUSSION WITH THE SUBJECTS REVEALED THAT THEY HAD BEEN MANUEVERING AROUND AND UNDER A LOW HANGING BRANCH WHEN THEY BOTH LEANED THE SAME DIRECTION AND CAPSIZING THE CANOE.
EMS PERSONNEL EVALUATED BOTH SUBJECTS AND DETERMINED THAT THEY SHOULD BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE EVALUATED FOR POSSIBLE MILD HYPOTHERMIA. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE TRANSPORTED BY THE SNOW HILL FIRE DEPT TO PENINSULA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
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