COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP, PA — Update:
The identity of the man who drowned in the Poconos Saturday has been released.
Officials with the Monroe County Coroner's office say the body of 26-year-old Isham Huq of Edison, New Jersey, was recovered after his kayak flipped over just after noon Saturday.
Original Story:
A man is dead after officials say he went into the water in the Poconos and never resurfaced.
Dive crews spent much of Saturday afternoon searching a lake at a private community near Tobyhannna.
After several hours of searching, crews have recovered the body of a man from Lake Dresser in Pocono Country Place.
Officials say the call came in around 12:30 p.m. Saturday when family members saw the man's kayak flip over in the water.
His belongings washed up to shore not long after he went under, but he never resurfaced.
Dive teams from several counties, including Pike and Lackawanna, assisted at the scene utilizing boats, sonar, and drones to search the water.
Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Chief George Dobson tells Newswatch 16 the lake, in some sections, runs eight feet deep, but the kayak flipped only 20-30 feet off the shoreline in more shallow water.
"Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more common for water rescues in our area, the high tourism has definitely seemed to increase that with people who are unfamiliar with the environment, they are entering or maybe unfamiliar with swimming and boating entirely," said Chief George Dobson, Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company.
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