Authorities have identified the kayaker who died Monday afternoon on the Arkansas River as 54-year-old William A. Forshey of Austin, Texas.
Forshey was kayaking in an area known as the Miracle Mile, about seven miles north of Buena Vista. After his kayak became high-centered on a rock, witnesses said, he was seen standing on the nearby river bank.
But soon after, he was seen floating down the river. He was pulled from the water but emergency efforts to revive him failed. An autopsy determined that he drowned.