Search For Missing Boater Continues

The search for a person missing since the boat they were in capsized in the Columbia River near the mouth of the White Salmon River on Wednesday will continue today (Thursday).  The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office says reports of the capsized boat were received just after 11:30 Wednesday morning.  Multiple law enforcement agency boats responded, and six people from the capsized vessel were pulled from the water and taken to shore, while two were transported to a hospital.  A seventh person aboard has not yet been located.  The Sheriff’s Office says an initial investigation determined the vessel was a 24-foot North River fishing boat that was last seen in the area of the green navigation buoy near the White Salmon inlet.  Names of those on the boat have not yet been released.  The initial search included the Hood River and Skamania County Sheriff’s Offices, Columbia River Intertribal Fisheries Officers, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and multiple civilian boats, plus a Hood River County Sheriff’s Office plane and a Coast Guard helicopter from the Astoria station.

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