Search Resumes After 3 Tubers Died, 2 Disappeared on River

Search Resumes After 3 Tubers Died, 2 Disappeared on River
Rescue personnel stage along the Dan River in Eden, N.C., on June 18, 2021. Gerry Broome/(AP Photo
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EDEN, N.C.—A search resumed Friday on a North Carolina river for two missing tubers after three others were found dead and four were pulled from the water, authorities said.

The group of nine people was floating down the Dan River on inflatable tubes and went over a dam that’s about 8 feet high next to a Duke Energy plant on Wednesday night, Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates told reporters. A Duke Energy employee who saw some of the tubers called the situation in to 911 Thursday afternoon, Cates said.