A 19-year-old man has drowned while float rafting in the Similkameen River with his friends Saturday afternoon.
Police say the man fell off into the river and had difficulty swimming.
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He was swept under the surface near a Keremeos area bridge.
His body was eventually recovered by the search-and-rescue crews.
The RCMP say they have seen over double the previous amount of accidental drownings to date this summer.
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