A Portland man drowned in the east outlet of Moosehead Lake on Saturday.
Truc Huynh, 40, had been fishing on a raft with a friend in the Kennebec River outlet on the east side of Moosehead Lake around noon, according to Mark Latti, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The two men decided that they wanted to change fishing locations, and moved the raft through whitewater rapids, where the raft capsized and threw the two men off, Latti said.
Huynh, who was not wearing a life jacket when the raft capsized, was swept under by the current and did not resurface, according to Latti. His fishing partner had been wearing a life jacket when the raft capsized and was able to make it to shore to call for help.
A search crew later located Huynh’s body where it had become submerged downstream at around 4 p.m. on Saturday, and his body was recovered at around 4:20 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. His body was transported to a local funeral home, Latti said.
Although additional information is not available at this time, the circumstances of Huynh’s death remain under investigation.
