Crews search for swimmer who vanished near popular rock face on NC mountain lake
Emergency crews searched Saturday night for a swimmer who went underwater near a popular rock face on a lake in the North Carolina mountains and never resurfaced.
Read more Jalen Brunson’s Wife Gushes Over His Relationship With Mariska Hargitay
At 7 p.m., crews were “actively searching” an area west of the Duke Energy water intake at Linville Dam on Lake James, according to Burke County Emergency Services. The dam is one of three that created the boating and fishing lake in the early 1900s.
Read more John Stamos Claims He Had Nose Job ‘Fixed by Michael Jackson’s Guy’
Multiple callers reported seeing a person enter the water, officials said.
“The individual has not been seen since, prompting a large-scale response from local emergency agencies,” officials with Burke County Emergency Services said on social media.
Read more What to Know About the Removal of Donald Trump’s Name on the Kennedy Center
Searchers urged drivers and boaters to avoid the area.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
