Kane County/Glen Canyon News Release
Kane County Sheriff’s
Office: Alan Alldredge, 435-644-2349, aalldredgekcso@kanab.net
Multi-agency
Search near Lone Rock
PAGE, AZ – On May 5, 2016,
at 1:49 p.m., National Park Service Glen Canyon Dispatch received multiple
calls from Lone Rock Beach reporting a person in distress, and possibly
drowning. The 51 year-old male did not resurface. The incident occurred near
Lone Rock in the Kane County portion of Wahweap Bay in Lake Powell.
Initial search efforts were
conducted during high winds by the National Park Service, Kane County Sheriff’s
Office, Utah State Parks, Classic Life Guard Aviation, and Greenhaven Fire
Department. No recovery was made on May 5th, and search efforts will
continue with additional support from the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
and the Utah Department of Public Safety Dive Team.
Multi-Agency search efforts
continue on May 6, weather permitting, along the shoreline and using side-scan
sonar to search a ¼ square mile of area approximately 78 feet deep. Boaters are
reminded to stay clear of search operations and search boats in the Lone Rock
area, and maintain wakeless speeds in marked wakeless zones and corridors.
A joint investigation is
being conducted by the Kane County Sheriff’s Office, Utah State Parks and the
National Park Service.
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