PIONEER, Ohio — A 25-year-old Williams County man is dead after his boat capsized in Lake Pioneer on Wednesday evening.
Pioneer police say they were called to Lake Pioneer off of Lakeshore Drive around 9 p.m. for a suspected drowning.
When they arrived, a male subject told them that a canoe that capsized and that another man was in the water.
Attempts to rescue the man were unsuccessful after which agencies from Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana initiated a recovery operation.
At 7:17 p.m. on Friday, the body of 25-year-old Logan Donald Ries, from Montpelier, was located in the water.
Police say they are continuing to investigate the incident.
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