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Search Expands For Missing Teen In Chatfield Reservoir
"Divers are increasing their search area on the water this afternoon," South Metro Fire Rescue said.
Crews are continuing their search for a missing 18-year-old who went swimming in the Chatfield Reservoir Friday and hasn't been seen since. A crew with the Summit County Sheriff's Office has joined the search.
"Divers are increasing their search area on the water this afternoon," South Metro Fire Rescue said in a tweet Tuesday.
"Crews are searching additional target locations to the south of the original search area from new information shared on last points seen."
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Witnesses on the shore and in boats last saw the teen near Catfish Flats and Chatfield Swim Beach, fire officials said.
Search crews are using drones and sonar technology to search the water. Crew members on jet skis have been patrolling search areas to keep boaters and swimmers away.
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The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Marine Evidence Recovery Team searched Chatfield Reservoir until 11:30 p.m. Monday.
Friends and family of the teen are asking boaters and swimmers to stay away from the reservoir while the search is underway.
Here’s a bird’s eye view of South Metro’s UAV Team operations. Drones are being used in this water recovery to do grid searches, scan the shoreline & to search shallow water to look for objects out of place creating targets for the divers to focus on. pic.twitter.com/JThaSzJVZv
— South Metro Fire Rescue (@SouthMetroPIO) August 4, 2020
Several agencies are still working hard to locate the individual who went missing at the Chatfield Reservoir on Friday. @COParksWildlife @SouthMetroPIO & @WestMetroFire have brought in a lot of tools to the search efforts pic.twitter.com/WBRhMYkBux
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) August 4, 2020
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