Bystanders told The Saginaw News the two were traveling to meet their girlfriends at a bar near the river.

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<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/343/192/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/686/384/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/672/378/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1344/756/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/931/523/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1862/1046/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/720/405/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1440/810/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/640/320/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_MI_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="A man went boating with a friend when his vessel capsized in the Tittabawassee River in Michigan.&nbsp;" width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>A man went boating with a friend when his vessel capsized in the Tittabawassee River in Michigan.&nbsp;</span> </p></div></div>

The Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office said when the 10-12-foot-long aluminum boat stalled, Robbins attempted to get it running again but his sweater became snared in a motor mechanism, and efforts to free himself <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/hudson-river-boat-capsizes-passengers-rescued" target="_blank">caused the boat to capsize</a>.

The 23-year-old friend was able to swim to shore and call for help.

State and local police were dispatched to the scene but currents sent Robbins downstream before they could locate him, authorities said.

A man went missing after his vessel capsized in the Tittabawassee River. His friend was able to swim to shore and call for help, but the currents carried him away before they arrived.

Michigan boater missing after vessel capsizes in Tittabawassee River

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