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A kayaker who overturned in Summit Lake this/Monday afternoon was safely rescued.

The Akron Fire Department Dive Team arrived to see him near the middle of the lake, in the water and holding onto the kayak.

AFD sent a boat to get him, and returned to shore with both the victim and the kayak.

There were no injuries.

(AFD) Akron Fire Dept Dive Team responded to 380 W Crosier St at Summit Lake on report of a male who was kayaking on the lake and overturned. Akron Fire once on scene found a male towards the middle of the lake, in the water, holding onto his kayak. AFD launched a boat in the water with personnel on board, manuevered up to the person in the water, assisted him into the boat and brought both the victim and the kayak back to shore. No injuries were reported.

Akron Fire Department's Dive Team went back in the river off Weathervane Lane, near the site where a man went missing in February when the car he was driving, owned by his girlfriend, went into the Cuyahoga River.

And the search did NOT recover a body. AFD says dive teams found "trash in trash bags".

Crews were called there on report of an article of clothing in the river, and they got help from crews from Cuyahoga Falls, New Franklin and Macedonia.

In February, the man's girlfriend was a passenger in the car when it went into the river. She got out and called police from a nearby apartment.

She told police her boyfriend swam in the opposite direction, following the current of the river.

Previous coverage:

3/22/16: UPDATE Missing Man Not Found In Car Recovery