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Middleburg man drowns when canoe overturns

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OCALA (AP) – Authorities say a man who fishing with his 18-year-old son in the Ocala National Forest drowned when their canoe overturned in Lake Katherine.

The son, whose name wasn’t released, told deputies that the canoe overturned in a lily pad Saturday night, sending 44-year-old man overboard.

Deputies didn’t release the Middleburg man’s name.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will investigate the drowning.