FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Fond du Lac County are searching for two people who are missing after they were thrown from a canoe into the choppy waters of Lake Winnebago.
Dispatchers received a 911 call from one of the two individuals about 8:30 p.m. Monday.
The canoers were about one mile north of the Fond du Lac River outlet, WLUK-TV reported.
Sheriff’s officials say at the time of the call, both were still in the canoe, but were thrown into the water a short time later. Neither had a life jacket.
Conditions on the lake were dangerous at the time with sustained winds of 25 mph gusting to 40 mph and waves of four to five feet.
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