AKRON, Ohio — A 70-year-old man who was reported missing
after he went kayaking on the Cuyahoga River in Summit County was found dead
Monday morning by rescue searchers.
The family of Doug Maher became concerned Sunday night after he failed to show up a preplanned location in Brecksville after he began kayaking from the Oxbow Area of Cascade Valley Metro Park.
In video of a news conference Monday provided by WEWS Channel 5, Lt. Tim Morrison with the Akron Fire Department said that Akron and Parma police and rangers with the Summit County Metroparks began searching Sunday night for Maher but efforts were hampered because of high water levels on the river.
The search resumed Monday morning with rescuers from the National Park Service and Summit County Metroparks, and from the Akron, Bath, Copley, Cuyahoga Falls, Macedonia and Richfield fire departments. Morrison said authorities used six drones to search the area and located Maher’s body.
Information on exactly where Maher was found was not available. Morrison said the water level was 4 feet lower on Monday than on Sunday night, which aided in the search. He also said it took about five hours using drones to locate Maher, estimating it would have taken three to five days without drones.
According to Morrison, Maher’s family says the victim was a “very outdoorsmen type of person” but it’s unknown if he was an experienced kayaker.
By Advance Local Media LLC. cleveland.com
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