Search for missing teen now a recovery effort
LETHBRIDGE – Rescue officials say the search for a teen who was swept away in the Old Man River near the Alexander Wilderness Park on the north side is now a recovery effort.
Deputy Chief of Support Services for Lethbridge Fire, Dana Terry, says they received a call around 7:20 p.m. about an adolescent who had gone under the water in the river.
Crews responded and deployed the dive team to begin a search. They were unable to find what a witness at the scene said was a 14-year old boy, and the search was called off.
Terry says they believe the boy was with a group of people.