Overview
- The kayak overturned shortly before 4:15 p.m. Saturday near Moreno Beach at Lake Perris State Recreation Area, prompting reports of people in distress.
- California State Parks officers arrived by patrol vessel, pulled both victims from the water, performed CPR on the father, and transported them to Riverside University Health System, where he died.
- Officials said the 7-year-old was conscious and holding on to his father to stay above water and was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
- Neither the man nor the child was wearing a life jacket, though one was found on the kayak, and authorities reiterated that children 12 and under must wear a life jacket on any vessel.
- California State Parks and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the cause, and the father’s identity has not been released pending family notification.