Boater missing after canoe overturns in Chassahowitzka Bay, Hernando County deputies say
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HOMOSASSA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man is missing after falling out a motorized canoe in Chassahowitzka Bay near the Hernando-Citrus County line on Saturday.

Boaters spotted a motorized canoe with no one in it, circling the bay just before 4 p.m., according to a release from the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.

A man was found clinging to a floating channel marker nearby. He told deputies he fell out of the canoe, along with another man, who was nowhere to be found.

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The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Citrus County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are searching for the missing boater by air and by water.

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