CALIFORNIA MAN PRESUMED DROWNED IN LAKE MOHAVE

CALIFORNIA MAN PRESUMED DROWNED IN LAKE MOHAVE

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Aug. 9, 2009. It is reproduced in full below.

CALIFORNIA MAN PRESUMED DROWNED IN LAKE MOHAVE

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. - The National Park Service has suspended the search for a missing 50-year-old Lawndale, Calif. man who is presumed drowned in Lake Mohave. The search will resume tomorrow morning.

The National Park Service received a report of a possible drowing near Eighty-Three Dollar Cove at 3:11 p.m. Park rangers, Nevada Department of Wildlife game wardens, and Vessel Assist searched the area.

According to witnesses the man jumped into the water to retrieve a lost hat. He went underwater and has not been seen since. He wasn't wearing a life jacket.

Divers from Bullhead City Fire Department searched underwater, as of this evening there is no sign of the missing man.

The identity is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.

- NPS -

LOCATION OF INCIDENT 35 17.183N, 114 39.794W

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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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