Another Reason to Always Wear a PFD

[Nick]

DELHI TWP. (MI) – The search for a missing 28-year-old man continues today in the Grand River in the area of Waverly Road and Burke Highway. Crews from Ingham County Sheriff’s Office and Delhi Township Fire Department are searching the river’s shoreline by boat from the area where the man fell in to the water near the Waverly Road bridge. They plan to search about four hours each day. If necessary, authorities will re-evaluate their recovery plan Monday. “We’re surface searching at this point,” Jungel said. The victim was with a group that had launched canoes and kayaks Wednesday from McNamara Canoe Landing in nearby Aurelius Township. At about 5:45 p.m., sheriff’s officials responded to a call that he had slipped underwater. He had been walking across a logjam to reach his brother’s canoe after his kayak became stuck, authorities have said. A strong, 5- to 6-mph current pulled him under-water, officials said. The vicitm was not wearing a life vest and the group of people he was with had been drinking, although officials couldn’t say whether he had been drinking. Logs and debris were removed from the river, but divers couldn’t find his body. Their efforts have been hampered by high water and a fast current. Family members said the victim has two children.