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15 January 2011
Last updated at 11:39 ET
A canoeist has died after capsizing on a river in Gwynedd.
Police were alerted by a passerby who spotted two empty canoes on the River Ogwen between Bangor and Bethesda.
They alerted emergency services at 1225 GMT Saturday.
North Wales Police confirmed a 57-year-old man died shortly after being flown to hospital. Another canoeist, who had been with him, had managed to make his own way to safety.
He had been located at 1328 GMT by a passerby near a caravan park at Braichmelyn.
The other canoeist was found near Penrhyn Castle at 1415 but died after being airlifted to Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan.
A rescue helicopter from RAF Valley 22 squadron, coastguard, the fire service and ambulance were involved in the search.
The canoes had been spotted at Pant y Ddolen, near Halfway Bridge, between Bangor and Bethesda.
A force spokesman said: "The 57 year old man was canoeing with another man when their canoes capsized."
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Police were alerted by a passerby who spotted two empty canoes on the River Ogwen between Bangor and Bethesda.
They alerted emergency services at 1225 GMT Saturday.
North Wales Police confirmed a 57-year-old man died shortly after being flown to hospital. Another canoeist, who had been with him, had managed to make his own way to safety.
He had been located at 1328 GMT by a passerby near a caravan park at Braichmelyn.
The other canoeist was found near Penrhyn Castle at 1415 but died after being airlifted to Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan.
A rescue helicopter from RAF Valley 22 squadron, coastguard, the fire service and ambulance were involved in the search.
The canoes had been spotted at Pant y Ddolen, near Halfway Bridge, between Bangor and Bethesda.
A force spokesman said: "The 57 year old man was canoeing with another man when their canoes capsized."
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