Rescuers are searching the Knik River for a man who has not been seen since his kayak overturned on Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said.
Rescue teams are searching the Knik River for a man who has not been seen since his kayak flipped over Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said.
Troopers received a report around 6 p.m. Tuesday of a missing boater about 3 miles downstream from Knik Glacier in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. A 46-year-old man, Brian Liser, was trying to cross the Knik River in a kayak to retrieve a boat that had drifted across, troopers wrote inLiser’s kayak overturned shortly after he left the shore, troopers said, and people watching from the shore didn’t see him resurface.
Rescue divers with Mat-Su Borough Emergency Services responded to the area while Alaska Wildlife Troopers patrolled the river with a helicopter, according to troopers. Troopers were only able to find Liser’s empty kayak, they said. Troopers said a Department of Public Safety helicopter will continue searching the area Wednesday. The use of dive teams or sonar is being prevented by high water levels and poor visibility, they wrote.
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