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Florida man dies while kayaking in Utah river

Authorities say a 50-year-old Florida man died in Utah’s Provo River after getting caught in the current under a railroad bridge.

KUTV-TV reports the man was kayaking with family Tuesday afternoon on the river northeast of the city of Provo.

Wasatch County Chief Deputy Jared Rigby says the man was wearing a lifejacket, but the water’s strength trapped him under a truss of the bridge.