a 49 year old white male who was visiting with friends at eagle lake in transylvania county near brevard took a whitewater type 9 foot kayak out into the lake for a paddling trip.  Operator didn't have on a pfd or didn't have access to it onboard his vessel.  Several type ii pfds were found at the rental house where Operator left the shore.  Subject overturned his kayak and his foot became trapped inside the kayak.  The kayak had no water skirt on it and therefore took in water when tipped over slightly.  Subject swam pulling kayak with his leg trapped inside back to shore.  Subject injested water and nearly drowned.  Subject was helped from the lake and treated by ems personnel.  Subject was airlifted to greenville memorial hospital in greenville, south carolina after being assessed by ems personnel.  No other information was available to the investigator.
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