Woman rescued from water after kayak overturns on Huron River in Ann Arbor

by Art Aisner | The Ann Arbor News

Thursday May 07, 2009, 8:31 AM

Ann Arbor firefighters rescued a woman from the Huron River after her kayak overturned near Gallup Park Wednesday evening, officials said.

Firefighters responded to several calls about an overturned kayak in the river at about 5:40 p.m. and found a 19-year-old woman out of her kayak and unable to get to safety, Battalion Chief Robert Vogel said.

Other kayakers were dragging her to shore and firefighters pulled her out of the water.

She was treated by Huron Valley Ambulance paramedics and released.