RedactedNarrative: On October 16, 2022, at approximately 2:43 pm the operator of vessel 1 (hand powered kayak) overturned for an unknown reason and ended up in the water in distress at Wallace Lake in Berea, OH. 
  
  Onshore witnesses observed the kayak operator overturn while fishing and begin struggling in the water. The witnesses also believed they observed the kayaker disappear below the surface of the water, so the witness called 911. Berea Police and Fire Department responded to the scene of the incident and shortly after Cleveland Metro Parks officers arrived on scene. Berea water rescue personnel geared up in their protective water rescue suits and then went out to the overturned kayak. The water rescue personnel were able to locate the kayaker submerged under the surface of the water in proximity to the overturned kayak. The kayaker was unresponsive, so he was taken to shore, once on shore rescuers began CPR at that time while also preparing him for transport. The victim was transported to Southwest General Hospital in Middleburg Heights, OH where he was later pronounced deceased. 
  
  The kayak operator was not wearing a personal floatation device when he was recovered by the water rescue personnel. The kayak did have modifications to the hull of the vessel. It had two pool noodles stacked one on top of the other, taped to both the right and left side of the kayak in a manner that when the kayak was in the water the pool noodles rested on the surface of the water.
  
  The Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Report ruled the cause of death and accidental drowning. The toxicology report test results were positive for alcohol (amount above the legal per se limit in Ohio), cocaine, THC, and prescription medication in the kayaker.
  