UPDATE 1/30: NYSP has identified the body as Shawn McWhorter, of Pine City, Chemung County. 

SOUTHPORT, N.Y. (WHCU) – State Police are investigating a death in Chemung County.

Troopers responded to a report of an overturned kayaker on Sunday afternoon in the Town of Southport. Three people were paddling down Seeley Creek when a 44-year-old man’s kayak capsized. Authorities were eventually able to remove the man from the water. He was transported to Arnot Ogden Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The two other people were uninjured.

The investigation is ongoing.