VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Hillsboro man fell off a paddleboard and drowned in the Columbia River on the afternoon of July 18, the Vancouver Police Department said.
The Clark County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Jason Karr, according to a July 25 news release. The office confirmed his age to be 28, after having been previously listed as 30 in a police news release.
First responders were called to Frenchman's Bar Park in Vancouver around 4 p.m. July 18 for a report of a swimmer in distress. They learned that the man had fallen off a paddleboard and was struggling to swim to shore.
The Vancouver Fire Department sent a rescue team, but by the time they made it out to the park, the paddleboarder had been underwater for several minutes.
He failed to resurface and despite an extensive search, authorities were unable to locate him.
Divers with the Clark County Sheriff's Office search-and-rescue team recovered the man's body later that day. He was declared dead at the scene.
Police said members of the Portland Fire Marine Unit and U.S. Coast Guard assisted with the search effort.
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