Minnesota teen died in weekend kayaking accident on western Wisconsin lake

A Minnesota youth died last weekend when his kayak overturned on a western Wisconsin lake.

According to the Barron County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received multiple 911 calls at approximately 12:35 p.m. Saturday. The callers were screaming for help on Kirby Lake in Maple Plain Township.

Rescuers determined that two victims had been in the water from overturned kayaks and a 17-year-old boy had not resurfaced.

After searching the lake with sonar, rescuers identified the possible victim. A dive team recovered the boy, who was flown to a Twin Cities hospital by helicopter. He was later pronounced dead.

The victim wasn’t immediately identified by the sheriff’s office.

Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Office along with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin State Patrol, Cumberland Fire Department, Cumberland Ambulance Service, Shell Lake Fire Department, Rice Lake Fire Department, Chetek Fire Department, Chetek Dive Fire Dive Team, and Turtle Lake Fire Department responded to the scene.

The incident remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office and the Wisconsin DNR.