By The Chronicle
A Mossyrock man who died Friday after his boat reportedly capsized on the Cowlitz River, did not drown, according to the Lewis County Coroner’s Office.
The Coroner’s Office identified the man Monday afternoon as Ronald W. Borst, 59, of Mossyrock. On Tuesday, the Coroner’s Office reported his cause of death was determined to be cardiac arrhythmia and the manner of death was natural.
At 9 a.m. on Friday, deputies responded to a report of a boating accident on the Cowlitz River near the Blue Creek Boat Launch. Two men were reportedly in a boat which capsized when it hit rough water. A 75-year-old man from Vancouver survived.
A preliminary investigation determined the man was unresponsive from a “possible drowning,” when pulled from the water, and died.
