Sailboat Capsizes on Clinton Lake, Johnson County

0:00It's March 23rd, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Kansas News Today, your AI-powered local news. Three adults from Johnson County, Kansas faced a scary ordeal on Clinton Lake west of Lawrence when high winds flipped their sailboat on Sunday afternoon. Around 1pm, first responders from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office got the call about the cap-size boat located 50-75 yards from the Clinton Lake Dam Tower. Things that day were coming from the north at 21 miles per hour, with gusts reaching 38 miles per hour according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. One boater managed to swim safely to shore on their own, while fire crews from the consolidated fire district pulled the other two from the overturned, vessel, and got them to dry land. All three received treatment for cold exposure right there, with no other injuries and no need for hospital visits, though the boat stayed in the. Fire as officials from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks were alerted to handle it.