Body recovered after search for person who fell out of boat at east Louisville park

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB/WAVE) — A body was recovered from a lake at Long Run Park Wednesday evening after rescue crews spent hours searching for a person who fell out of a kayak earlier in the day.

Col. Kent Kruer with the Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS said crews were called to Long Run Park around 12:46 p.m. on a report of a person who fell out of a kayak. Crews from Anchorage Middletown and Louisville Fire & Rescue responded to the park with boats and divers.

Kruer said witnesses saw the kayaker — a white man believed to be in his mid- to late-30s — fall out of the boat. They attempted to reach him but couldn’t…

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