A man died when his canoe capsized in the Bird River in Essex early Saturday morning, Baltimore County police said.
Rescuers were called at 2:24 a.m. Saturday to the 6600 block of Blackhead Road where the victim's friend, 24-year-old Paul Lovelace of Randallstown, said both fell into the water. Lovelace said he was able to return to shore but could not find his friend.
Lovelace pointed to a rope attached to a tree and said that it was his friend's safety line. Officers pulled on the line, pulling a man out of the water, and then performed CPR on him.
He was taken to Franklin Square Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Lovelace was also taken to the hospital.
Police are withholding the man's name until his family has been notified.
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