Truck driver wanted overturned kayak prompts water search

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Investigators now consider the kayak’s proprietor drove away after leaving the vessel floating within the Whitins Reservoir.

Investigators in Douglas are asking for the general public’s assist in finding the motive force of a pickup truck seen transporting a kayak that was discovered overturned in a neighborhood reservoir Thursday.

A dive staff carried out an intensive search within the Whitins Reservoir after witnesses noticed an unattended kayak floating within the water close to the Wallis Road Causeway, in keeping with officers. The Douglas Fireplace Division mentioned that on the time, there was purpose to consider an individual was lacking within the water.

Divers from the District 7 Regional Dive Group and Massachusetts State Police searched the reservoir till Thursday night time and resumed efforts the subsequent morning, officers mentioned. Environmental police assisted within the search utilizing boat-mounted sonar models. 

Nonetheless, authorities mentioned Friday the search efforts had been “unfounded” because the investigation shifted to finding the kayak’s proprietor.

“By means of sources obtained by the Douglas police, it was decided that the proprietor of the kayak left the boat on the reservoir and drove away, shortly after it was found floating unattended by bystanders,” hearth officers wrote in a Fb publish.

Investigators launched surveillance photographs taken at 9:22 a.m. that present a pickup truck transporting the kayak on NW Fundamental Road, towards the reservoir. Hours later, at 2:04 p.m., the identical truck was photographed touring away from the reservoir, with out the kayak.

Whitins Reservoir is a personal watershed district with no public seashore or boat entry. 

Anybody with details about the kayak’s proprietor ought to contact the Douglas Police Division at 508-476-3333.