A 26-year-old man drowned in the Colorado River after jumping in to get his hat earlier this week

Kristopher Nathaniel Logan's body was pulled from the water by divers in Arizona

Logan's dad said he loved fishing and kayaking in the estuaries around San Diego whild growing up

A California man drowned in the Colorado River on his birthday earlier this week after jumping in the water to retrieve his hat, according to authorities and local news reports.

Kristopher Nathaniel Logan, 26, was on a pontoon boat near Davis Camp, a park close to the Arizona-Nevada border, on Monday, April 13, The Arizona Republic and Fox station KTVU reported.

The San Marcos native was fishing with friends when he jumped from the boat, the outlets reported.

According to The Arizona Republic, Logan may have accidentally turned off the boat's engine when going into the water and was swept away in a strong current.

A bystander told USA Today that multiple people were on the boat trying to start it up again to rescue him.

Emergency crews responded to a call about 11:15 a.m. local time, the Bullhead City Police Department in Arizona said in a sattement on social media. The Bullhead City Fire Department dive team recovered Logan's body and he was pronounced dead at the scene approximately an hour later, police told USA Today.

The drowning appears accidental and Logan wasn't wearing a life jacket, police said in their statement.

His father, Stephen, a former firefighter, told The Arizona Republic that he was used to dealing with similar tragedies — but none that had struck his own family.

"It’s always somebody else,” he said. “You actually never really find out what happened to your victims or the people that you treated ... It’s never been this close."

Stephen said that his son, who was a pool cleaner and had plans to start his own business, loved fishing and kayaking in the estuaries around San Diego while growing up.

The incident comes some two months after another man, Aaron Benjamin, also died after falling in the river. The 30-year-old was on a trip when he fell into the water in the Grand Canyon on Feb. 19; he was pulled out by people on his boat but later died.

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And in July last year, 51-year-old Jeff Brady died after jumping into the river to save his girlfriend's two nephews from drowning. Brady was subsequently hailed a hero by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.

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