On May 12, 2017, at approximately 6:12 a.m. State Police responded to the east shore of Lake Placid off from Ruisseaumont Way for a report of a canoe which had capsized.

One of the three occupants who were in the canoe, was unresponsive and was transported to Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. 20-year-old Saige Borden of Lake Placid was pronounced deceased at 11:55 a.m.

An autopsy is tentatively scheduled for May 13, 2017, at AMC. 

This investigation is still ongoing.