Kayaker was pinned under a tree in fast-moving rapids.
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 9:30 p.m.
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L'ANSE TOWNSHIP -- A Houghton man is dead after a kayaking accident on the Silver River in L'Anse Township.
According to the Baraga County Sheriff's Department, 47-year-old Richard Honrath, Jr. became pinned under a tree in fast-moving rapids.
Deputies pulled Honrath from the river Friday night around 8:20 p.m. He was transported to Baraga County Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Honrath was traveling with his partner, 38-year-old Dave Bullock of St. Johns, Michigan. He told police he was unable to rescue Honrath Jr with a throw rope.
Bullock said that he and his partner had been kayaking together for about 15 years and were familiar with the Silver River.
