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flag Two kayakers injured in a Storrs Lake overturn were hospitalized; cold water risks and life jacket use were emphasized.

flag Two kayakers were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after their kayak overturned at Storrs Lake in Milton on Friday, marking the third water rescue in 36 days. flag All four kayakers, who were wearing life jackets, swam to safety about 100 meters from shore after a bystander called 911. flag Emergency crews arrived shortly after 5:40 p.m., and two were taken to Mercyhealth Hospital in Janesville. flag Officials warned that cold water temperatures, despite melting ice, pose a rapid hypothermia risk and stressed the importance of life jackets, noting six of the eight people rescued in recent incidents were under 20.

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