MARION, NC : Officials release name of kayaker killed in NC accident on Tuesday, 1st May 2018

Authorities have identified a kayaker who died after an accident on the Linville River in a Western North Carolina as a 34-year-old Atlanta man.

Forestry officials tell local media that Burton Greer IV was an avid whitewater paddler.

Greer died Saturday night in Linville Gorge. U.S. Forest Service officer Wade Keener says Greer was kayaking with a friend when his kayak got stuck between rocks and overturned.

Officials have said the river was unusually swollen after recent rains.

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Officials release name of kayaker killed in NC accident