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

Search efforts are continuing for an Arizona man after truck missed a bridge
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The RCMP logo is seen on a podium ahead of a news conference, in St. Johnsa国际传媒檚, Saturday, June 24, 2023. 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. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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 sa国际传媒渆xtensivesa国际传媒 searches in the river.

The Mounties say divers from the British Columbia RCMPsa国际传媒檚 underwater recovery team were unable to find the man on Wednesday.

They say search efforts are continuing.





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