Brittany Green-Miner and Zach Whitney:
"UTAH LAKE – Four people were rescued from Utah Lake Saturday afternoon after their canoe flipped.
Utah Park Rangers and the Utah County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a boat in distress on Utah Lake at around 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses say a small canoe was out on the water and tipped, throwing two passengers into the 60-degree water.
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We looked over and we see a canoe tipped over on the side,” said Michael Hoffman, who saw the boat tip. ”Police started coming and everything, so we knew it was an emergency.”
The group was near the shore of the lake and was able to get onto land, though they were in the water for about 45 minutes. One of the teens showed the beginning signs of hypothermia and was hospitalized...."
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