BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 16, 2025
A man died on Saturday after his canoe capsized on a pond in the Oxford County town of Waterford. authorities believe four men had been on the pond in three canoes when one of the canoes with two people aboard capsized. The other boaters were able to get the men in the water to shore, but one, Pedro Quizhpi, 50, of Ecuador, was unresponsive, could not be revived by CPR, and was dead when the deputy arrived. Two personal flotation devices were in the overturned canoe, but the occupants of the canoe weren’t wearing them.