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Dive Teams Searching Yatesville Lake For Missing Swimmer
Reported by: Bethany Simmons
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Jul. 23, 2012 2:50 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 23, 2012 3:02 PM EDT
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Louisa
, Lawrence County
, Kentucky
Dive teams are searching for a man who may have drowned at a Lawrence County, Kentucky lake over the weekend.
Dispatchers say a man was swimming at Yatesville Lake in the Louisa area Sunday afternoon when he went under the water and never resurfaced.
It happened about 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Divers searched the lake until about 9:45pm Sunday and then resumed efforts at 8am Monday.
Dispatchers tell us crews are still on the scene searching for the possible victim.
Stay tuned to Eyewitness News for more on this developing story.
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