Crime & Safety
Man Who Was Cliff Diving Into Lake Travis With Friends Feared Drowned
Emergency crews searched in vain for 21-year-old for several hours before the rescue mission became a recovery effort.
AUSTIN, TX — What began as a rescue mission in the search for a man who went missing after cliff diving into Lake Travis Sunday afternoon is now a recovery effort as the diver is now feared dead, officials said.
The man was reportedly diving about a half-mile from Riviera Marina on the northern portion of the lake, a Travis County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said. The man was in a party barge with others who decided to dive into the lake after anchoring the vessel.
The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. on Sunday. In addition to sheriff's deputies, medics with Austin-Travis County EMS, Travis County Fire and Rescue teams and STAR Flight helicopter personnel participated in the search for the 21-year-old male to no avail.
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Some four hours later after the search began, EMS medics tweeted the grim news that the effort is now a recovery one.
FINAL: H2O ResQ @ 5900 HI Line Rd; ResQ operations have been terminated, incident has transitioned to Recovery operation. No further info
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) April 30, 2017
@ATCEMS @TravisCountyES & @STAR_Flight_TC ResQ assets responding to 5900 HI Line (14:19); Report of missing person from party barge MTF
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) April 30, 2017
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