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RANKIN INLET
A 44-year-old man is dead following a fishing trip gone tragically wrong in Rankin Inlet this past week.

David Tattuinee had left Rankin on an all-terrain vehicle during the morning of Sept. 12 to attend to some fishing nets at Quakoviq on the Diane River.

When he did not return later that day, family members initiated a search and found his ATV on one side of the river and an overturned boat on the other.

The Rankin Inlet detachment of the RCMP were then notified and local searchandrescue members were called out to begin searching for the man.

After Tattuinee's boots were found, divers were called in and they located his body on Sept. 13 in the Diane River about 16 to 24 kilometres outside of Rankin.

A helicopter and airplane were also used in the search.

In consultation with the coroner's office, it is believed Tattuinee succumbed as a result of hypothermia and accidental drowning.

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