THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE CANOE WERE PADDLING NEAR ECHO POINT ON LAKE SHARPE AND POSSIBLY THREE BOATS CAME BY.  BETWEEN THE COMBINATION OF THE WAKE AND THE WIND (ESTIMATED AT 15-25 MPH) A WAVE CAME OVER THE SIDE OF THE CANOE AND IT CAPSIZED.  FEMALE OCCUPANT STATED THREE BOATS HAD PASSED BY THE AREA SHORTLY BEFORE THE EVENT.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE IN THE COLD WATER (ESTIMATED 59 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT) FOR PROBABLY 25 MINUTES.  FEMALE OCCUPANT SWAM TO THE WEST SHORE AND CLIMBED UPON A ROCK AND WAS RESCUED BY A PASSERBY.  THE MALE OCCUPANT WAS RESCUED OUT OF THE WATER BY ANOTHER PASSERBY AND BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED TO A WAITING AMBULANCE AT ECHO POINT AND TRANSPORTED TO ST, MARY’S HEALTHCARE IN PIERRE.  BOTH WERE TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND RELEASED.
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