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Police Dive Team Searches Alice Lake For Missing Man From Delta, B.C.

The Canadian Press, 21 Jun, 2018 12:51 PM
    SQUAMISH, B.C. — An RCMP underwater recovery team is searching a lake for a 20-year-old man who went missing while swimming with friends in Squamish, B.C.
     
     
    Police say an extensive ground, air and water search was conducted on Wednesday night after a caller reported hearing someone screaming about a man in Alice Lake.
     
     
    The Mounties say in a news release that the man was swimming with friends when he went into distress close to the shoreline on the southwest side of the lake.
     
     
    The RCMP say the swimmer's friends and bystanders immediately searched the area before police, fire, ambulance and search and rescue personnel arrived.
     
     
    Police say the man is from Delta and that they have contacted his family.
     
     
    His name has not been released.

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