GEORGIA, VT — Search efforts on the Lamoille River near Arrowhead Mountain Lake for a missing man continued from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.
His body was not located.
The Vermont State Police and the Department of Public Safety search and rescue coordinator plan to return to the area Saturday with K-9s to search riverbanks and lakeshore areas downstream.
If necessary, VSP will evaluate resuming operations on the water Monday.
At about 5:40 p.m. Thursday, members of the Vermont State Police Underwater Recovery Team located the body of a young girl who went missing after falling into the Lamoille River on Wednesday night near Arrowhead Mountain Lake.
Her body was brought to shore and was transported to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.
Crews continued searching until about 7 p.m. Thursday for a relative of the girl who had jumped into the water in an attempt to rescue her.
He was not located.
The incident was reported at about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Highbridge Road, also known as Route 104A, and Arrowhead Lake Road.
Initial reports indicated a group of relatives were fishing along the shore when the young girl fell into the water, and the man jumped in to try to rescue her.
Neither of the individuals was seen after entering the water.
