RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, 07/18/2021, at approximately 6:38 PM, I, CPO was notified of a missing kayaker on the Vermilion River, near the I-74 bridge at mile marker 212. I arrived on scene at approximately 7:10 PM.  The following is a brief synopsis of the accident:
   
  At approximately 6:25 PM, three people were kayaking northbound on the Vermilion River, approaching the I-74 bridge.  The I-74 bridge is currently under construction, so the river bottle necks at the base of the bridge, where a construction access bridge had been created.  
  
  Due to heavy, recent rainfall, the Vermilion River was flowing at a rate of 3100 cubic feet per second.  The average flow rate of the Vermilion River is 310 cubic feet per second. 
  
  Subject1 and Victim navigated their kayaks through the bottle neck, but Subject2 proceeded to the eastern shore in an effort to portage her kayak around and over the access bridge before reentering the water on the downstream side.  According to witnesses on scene, Victim went under the access bridge, and proceeded approximately 200ft downstream where he lost control of, and ultimately flipped, his kayak.  
  
  The strong current pulled Victim into a nearby log jam on the east bank of the river, where he went underneath the surface of the water.  Subject1  was not wearing a PFD at the time of the accident, however witness statements confirm there was a wearable life vest on board the kayak.  
  
  Subject1 and Subject2 navigated towards the log jam in an attempt to locate Victim, but were unsuccessful. Subject2 was also swept into the log jam, but managed to cling to debris which prevented her from going under the water.  Subject1 and Subject2 were later retrieved from the water by Vermilion County Sheriff''s Deputies.  Both individuals were uninjured and refused medical treatment.
  
  At approximately 2100hrs, the search for Victim was postponed due to low light and river conditions.  
  
  
  On 7/19/2021 at approximately 0700hrs, Illinios Conservation Police and the VCSO resumed the search.  At approximately 7:25 AM, divers from the VCSO located body under a log jam near his last known location, just north of the I-74 bridge. He was removed from the water at approximately 8:50 AM.  Time of death was listed as 7:25 AM and the coroner took possession of body at 9:05 AM. Coroner''s preliminary report indicated cause of death as drowning.
  
  Kayak was unable to be retrieved on the incident date due to high water and river conditions.  Attached photographs show it as the dark blue kayak stuck on a log jam.  The kayak appeared to be a 10 ft in length kayak of an unknown make and model.  Officers attempted to retrieve the kayak following the incident but were unable to locate any of the watercraft used during the incident.
  