RUSSELL COUNTY —First responders are still searching for a man who reportedly fell out of a boat at Wilson Lake on Sunday, according to a media release from the Russell County Sheriff.
At 4:04 p.m. Oct. 8, a woman called Russell County 911 Dispatch to report that a man had fallen off a boat at Wilson Lake.
Dispatch learned that the man and woman had been boating toward the west end of Wilson Lake when the male occupant fell out of the boat and possibly struck his head on the boat as he fell.
Emergency crews were notified of the situation and units responded from the Russell County Sheriff’s Office along with units from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Russell County EMS, and multiple rural fire agencies.