KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Sheriff’s officials in eastern Kansas have pulled the body of a man from a lake in Miami County.
Recovery crews found the man’s body Wednesday as they were searching for someone who went under the water in Hillsdale Lake on Tuesday, television station WDAF reported. Authorities have identified the man as Richard Bangs, 65, of Spring Hill.
Rescue crews were first called to a boat ramp on the lake late Tuesday afternoon after a witness reported seeing a person fall out of a boat while trying to tie off. Crews searched for hours before suspending the effort overnight and resuming Wednesday morning. Bangs’ body was found around noon Wednesday with the help of underwater equipment.
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This story was first published on June 25, 2020. It was updated June 26, 2020, to correct the general location of the lake to eastern Kansas, not northwestern Kansas.
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