Authorities searching for three missing people in Kern River as of Sunday

Authorities searching for three missing people in Kern River as of Sunday

THATS RIGHT TORI KCSO ISSEARCHING FOR THREE PEOPLETHIS MORNING.

THIS COMES AFTER A14 YEAR OLD GIRL WASFOUND DEAD IN THE RIVER LASTNIGHT.HERES SOME FOOTAGE FROMYESTERDAY WHEN AUTHORITIESPULLED THE 14-YEAR-OLD FROM THEKERN RIVER AT HART PARKLAST NIGHT.

WITNESSES REPORTEDTHE GIRL GOINGUNDER WATER AND NOT RESURFACINGAT ABOUT 6PM.RESCUE CREWS LOCATED HER SEVERALMINUTES LATER,ATTEMPTED CPR, AND RUSHED HER TOTHE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WASPRONOUNCED DEAD.

NOW THISMORNING RESCUE CREWS ARE ALSOCONTINUING THE SEARCH FOR A50-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO ALSO WENTMISSING IN THE KERN RIVER LASTNIGHT.

THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFFSOFFICE DESCRIBES HIM AS HISPANICAND WEARING A BLACK SHIRT ANDBLUE PANTS.

THEY SAY HE WENT INTO THE RIVER NEAR THE COW FLATAREA AT ABOUT 7PM.

COW FLAT ISABOUT HALF WAY BETWEENBAKERSFIELD AND KERNVILLE.

THESEARCH FOR THAT MAN WAS HALTEDAT SUN DOWN YESTERDAY AND ISCONTINUING TODAY."THE RIVER IS DANGEROUS, ITDOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH WATER ISIN THE RIVER IT'S A VERYDANGEROUS PLACE TO BE.

KEEP ANEYE ON LOVED ONES.

IF YOU DON'TKNOW HOW TO SWIM STAY OUT OF THEWATER."RESCUE CREWS WILL BE SEARCHINGON FOOT AND BY DRONE TODAY ABOUT10 MILES INTO THE MOUTH OF THECANYON, AS WELL AS HERE AT THEMOUTH.KCSO IS SEARCHING FOR THREEPEOPLE TODAY.

THE ONETHAT WENT MISSING LAST NIGHT,ONE THAT WENT MISSING 5 DAYSAGO, AND ANOTHER THAT WENTMISSING 3 WEEKS AGO.

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