One person still missing after fishing boat capsized near Yale, B.C., search and rescue says

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Hope Volunteer Search and Rescue (HSAR) says a fishing boat capsized on the Fraser River near Yale, B.C., on Friday afternoon, and one person is still unaccounted for.

In a Facebook post, HSAR said rescue efforts “quickly transitioned” into a search after personnel pulled one person from the water, who immediately told them there was another person still in the water.

HSAR said it aided RCMP after the capsize was reported to police at about 2:30 p.m. PT. The group said its jet boat members searched from above the point where the boat was seen capsized in Yale, down to Hope.

According to HSAR, RCMP’s Air One helicopter located the first person in the water on Friday. As the search for the second subject continued along the Fraser River toward Hope, HSAR said the second person was not located.

HSAR added that additional members were picked up by Valley Helicopter and searched the river until sundown. The group said a private helicopter was then redeployed on Saturday morning and its members searched all accessible areas along the riverbank by the evening.

HSAR said Kent Harrison Search and Rescue also assisted with the search for the second person, who “has not yet been located” as of the post.