Coroner identifies man killed after boat capsizes on Lake Pueblo
Michael Logerwell
PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – High winds and rough waters overturned a 14-foot fishing boat on Lake Pueblo, Friday, sending the two people on board into the water. One boater was picked up by another vessel 100 yards away; the other did not make it out of the water until almost 9 hours later.
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Pueblo County Coroner identified 48-year-old Evans C. Downie of Howard, Colorado, as the man killed in the boating accident.
Downie’s cause of death is still under investigation by the coroner, and his next-of-kin have been notified.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the fishing boat was swamped by white-capped waves in an area of the lake that reached 40ft deep. The water temperature on Friday was 44 degrees (F).