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Vernon man dies after fall from sailboat

Vernon man dies after fall from sailboat | iNFOnews.ca
An 82-year-old Vernon man died at the Vernon Yacht Club Thursday, May 21, 2015, after a fall from a ladder he was using to work on the mast on a sailboat. Credit: Vernon Yacht Club

VERNON – A Vernon man fixing a mast on a sailboat at the Vernon Yacht Club died after falling from a ladder Thursday.

David Gilbert Jones, 82, struck the rigging and parts of the boat and then landed in the lake after falling from the ladder Thursday morning, May 21, according to a media release from the B.C. Coroners Service.

Witnesses say he was able to swim to the dock, but became unresponsive once there.

Bystanders pulled him from Okanagan Lake, but he couldn’t be resuscitated, the coroner says.

Both the coroners service and the RCMP are investigating.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca or call 250-491-0331. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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