By Canadian Press

B.C. police divers unable to find American man after Yukon River crash

Sep 19, 2024 | 11:26 AM

WHITEHORSE — Mounties in Yukon say specialized police divers have been unable to find an American man missing after the truck he was in plunged into the Yukon River.

RCMP say the crash happened Monday when a pickup truck pulling a trailer missed the Lewes River Bridge, located south of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway.

They say in statement that both men were from Phoenix, Ariz., and one of them escaped the wreck and received medical treatment.

The second man is missing, and RCMP say there have been “extensive” searches in the river.

The Mounties say divers from the British Columbia RCMP’s underwater recovery team were unable to find the man on Wednesday.

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They say search efforts are continuing.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 19, 2024.

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