- A Newport News man drowned after a canoe overturned on Somerton Creek near the Virginia-North Carolina state line, with two other men safely reaching shore.
A Newport News man died Saturday after a canoe overturned on Somerton Creek along the Virginia-North Carolina state line near southern Suffolk, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
Emergency crews were dispatched around 12:12 p.m. June 13 after the Gates County 911 Center received a report of an overturned canoe on Somerton Creek near the borders of Gates County, Hertford County and Virginia.
Officials said three men were paddling a 14-foot canoe when the vessel became unstable and overturned, throwing them into the water…