One dead, one missing at Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Aug 25, 2024, 2:00 PM | Updated: 2:03 pm
This May, 2017 file photo shows the southern end of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. One woman died after drowning at the reservoir on Saturday, her daughter is still missing. (Dave Cawley, KSL Newsradio)
(Dave Cawley, KSL Newsradio)
MANILA, UT — One woman is dead after drowning at Flaming Gorge Reservoir Saturday afternoon. Crews are still searching for the deceased woman’s daughter, who is missing.
According to the Daggett County Sheriff’s Office, at around 4:20 p.m. Saturday, they received information about a possible drowning at Swim Beach on Flaming Gorge.
The Daggett County Sheriff’s Office, Flaming Gorge Ambulance and Green River Fire Department responded, where they found an adult man performing CPR on a 60-year-old woman. She was later pronounced dead.
They were told that the deceased woman’s 44-year-old daughter was missing.
Search teams worked into the night and returned Sunday morning in the search efforts. She hasn’t been found yet.
“The Daggett County Sheriff’s Office extends its deepest sympathy to the family, friends, and loved ones of the deceased in their time of grief,” the Office said in a press release.
Sheriff Erik L. Bailey said the Daggett County Sheriff’s Office and Utah State Parks and Recreation would like to “remind anyone who is recreating on Utah’s lakes to always wear a flotation device.”
This is a developing story and may be updated.
