British kayaker Bren Orton is missing after an accident on the Melezza River in Switzerland last week. The 29-year-old was kayaking with a group close to the Swiss-Italian border when he “became trapped in a recirculating feature and did not resurface,” Pyranha, the manufacturer of Orton’s kayaks, said in a statement .

A British whitewater kayaker is feared dead after being sucked out of his kayak in the currents of a river in Switzerland. Bren Orton, 29, disappeared after rapids dragged him underwater in the Melezza River in the Ticino Region of Switzerland last Thursday.

A BRIT extreme kayaker is missing and feared dead after disappearing in a river in Switzerland, reports say. Bren Orton, 29, became trapped by currents beneath the surging water on the Melezza