Two people drown after canoe overturns at Lake Macbride

SOLON — A man and a woman died Friday after the canoe they were in tipped over at Lake Macbride in Solon.

A 911 caller reported seeing two people disappear under the water at 3:44 p.m. at Lake Macbride State Park, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

Emergency crews deployed boats to begin the search. Through the use of sonar, the victims were located in approximately 23 feet of water, the release states. One victim was recovered by the Johnson County Metro Dive Team at 6:50 p.m., and the other at 7:04 p.m.

The victims were identified as Suad Al Yasiri, 28, and Willie Davis, 23, both of Cedar Rapids.

Neither Yasiri nor Davis was wearing a life jacket. They were transported to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for an autopsy.

The incident remains under investigation by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. The Solon Fire Department, North Liberty Fire Department, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and the Johnson County Metro Dive Team assisted in the operation.