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Search Crews Find Missing Boater In Roanoke River

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NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N.C. — A search team recovered the body of a missing man just before noon Wednesday on the Roanoke River.

A boat carrying three men from Virginia capsized after it hit a rock near Roanoke Rapids Tuesday.

One man was rescued from the river. Another died at the hospital.

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