The 40-year-old kayaker was alone at the time and was not wearing a life jacket, an officer with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission said.

Strong winds are being blamed for knocking a father and his two children off a paddleboard at Chatfield Reservoir in the Jefferson County portion Monday. The children survived, but the father died, ...

The decision on whether to don a life jacket when a pleasant day devolved into a freak storm made a critical difference in the passengers’ fate. Six people were found dead in the water without life ...

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue team said the two survivors were wearing life jackets. The other eight passengers died in the Lake Tahoe boating accident. It's unclear if they ...

The eight people who died in a June accident were found without flotation devices, according to a new report. The two survivors relied on the devices to stay afloat. By Laurel Rosenhall Reporting from ...

The two survivors of last week’s tragic boating accident at Lake Tahoe that killed eight people were wearing life jackets, authorities have confirmed. It remains unclear, however, whether the ...

The two survivors of last weekend's fatal Lake Tahoe boating accident were wearing life jackets when they were rescued, officials confirmed to multiple media outlets Wednesday. It remained unclear ...