RCMP’s Under Water Recovery Team is currently on scene attempting to locate a 30 year old male who drowned in Kamsack on Tuesday. The RCMP indicated to Yorkton This Week Friday morning that as of time of writing, the male has not yet been recovered. More surface searches will take placefor the weekend, but no more dives are planned. “We have done all we could,” said Cpl. Rob King, spokesperson for the Saskatchewan RCMP.
Both the RCMP and Kamsack Fire Department were called at the shores of the river at the Kamsack Golf Course after receiving a report of persons in distress.
Upon arrival, RCMP and fire services observed a 44-year old woman attempting to save the male, who was hanging from a log at the dam. The female was retreived safely, but rescue personnel lost sight of the male as he went under water.
The recovery team is searching along the shorelines of the Assiniboine river.
