Search for Missing Paddleboarder on Okanagan Lake Paused After 'Extensive Search'
Search crews are using boats and drones after strong winds knocked one paddleboarder into the lake and a second person was rescued.
- Central Okanagan Search and Vernon Search crews are searching for a missing individual on Okanagan Lake on Wednesday, continuing an effort that began Tuesday evening near Carr Landing in Lake Country.
- Two individuals were paddleboarding from Fintry to Lake Country on Tuesday when wind intensified, knocking one person off their board; neither was wearing a personal floatation device or leash.
- Around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, BC Emergency Health Services called COSAR and VSAR to Okanagan Lake near Carr Landing. According to COSAR manager Ed Henczel, the Kelowna Fire Rescue boat rescued the woman, but the man was not located.
- Search teams returned Wednesday morning to continue the operation, building on Tuesday's efforts when both COSAR and VSAR deployed search boats and COSAR activated its drone team.
- Vernon North Okanagan RCMP have been contacted for additional information as authorities coordinate the ongoing search effort on Okanagan Lake to locate the missing paddleboarder.
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Search for missing paddleboarder on Okanagan Lake paused after 'extensive search' - The Interior News - Smithers BC
The search for a paddleboarder who went missing on Okanagan Lake has been suspended at this time, said Vernon North Okanagan RCMP. “An extensive search of the area where the person was last seen has been conducted on the water and from the air,” RCMP media relations officer Constable Chris Terleski told Black Press Media. “The paddleboard was located yesterday but the person remains missing.” Just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, RCMP were no…
Paddleboarder missing on Okanagan Lake after summer marked by drownings
RCMP say that just before 7 p.m. PT on Tuesday, they were notified of a pair of paddleboarders "in distress" between Fintry Provincial Park and Carr's Landing. While a woman was rescued by emergency responders in a fire rescue boat, the man she was with could not be found.
Rescue crews search Okanagan Lake for missing paddler
Search and rescue crews from Kelowna and Vernon are back on the water and in the air Wednesday morning after searching for a missing paddleboarder on Okanagan Lake near Carr's Landing. Vernon RCMP say they got a call about a man and a woman on a paddleboard in distress just before 7 p.m. Tuesday som...
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