UPDATE: Kayaker who drowned in Kentucky River identified

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – State Police identified a kayaker, who investigators say drowned in the Kentucky River, as 18-year old Keyan R. Wickers, of Frankfort. His body was found Monday morning in the river near Kentucky Avenue in Frankfort.

Investigators say Wickers’ kayak flipped in the water and as he tried to flip it back over, he went under and eventually drowned.

Wickers was a cadet with the Civil Air Patrol in Frankfort.