By Maria Armental
WARWICK, R.I. -- A 53-year-old man died Thursday while kayaking in the Conimicut Point Park area in Warwick, the authorities said.
Police identified the man as Edward D. Wessel, of Bellingham, Mass. They said it appeared that Wessel did not die from drowning but from a medical condition.
He was found near a kayak off South Shore Avenue, Capt. Joseph Coffey said. Rescue workers attempted to revive him en route to Kent Hospital.
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