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Thursday, June 23, 2005
Douglas County Sheriff and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical crews today continued searching the Kansas River near Eudora for a body.
Rescue crews began searching the river Wednesday night for someone who reportedly fell off a jet ski and was swept away.
“We don’t want to rule anything out at this time,” Douglas County Sheriff Lt. Doug Woods said Thursday morning.
Woods said about 10 people with the two departments were searching the river.
On Thursday night, several area law enforcement and emergency officials were at the site assisting with the search. Those groups included Leavenworth County water rescue, Eudora Police, Eudora Emergency Medical Service, Eudora Township and Eudora City fire units, and the Reno Township fire department from Leavenworth County.
Authorities in Johnson County and Bonner Springs also were alerted to check their areas.
The Kansas River is most popular among fishermen, airboaters, canoeists, and kayakers. But people have been known to jet ski along the river.
“It’s kind of dangerous because of the sandbars,” said Kansas Riverkeeper Laura Calwell. “But the sandbars are pretty well under water right now because the water is high. So, they would be less of a problem.”
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks conservation officer David Hoffman also said that the Kansas River is in the public domain. That means any Kansas resident can use the river for recreation purposes.
Portions of the Kansas River are deep enough to handle jet skiing and pleasure boating, Hoffman said..
“It just depends on where you are,” he said.
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