Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
Search-and-rescue teams in Catawba County spent Wednesday trolling a three-mile area on Lake Norman looking for a man who disappeared after falling off a boat late Monday.
Wednesday's search resumed at 9 a.m. after storms forced authorities to call off the investigation Tuesday evening, said Adam Dellinger, public information officer for the Sherrills Ford Fire Department.
Teams used sonar equipment and cadaver search dogs to scan the waters, he said.
The N.C. Highway Patrol used a helicopter above the area, focusing on shoreline searches.
The unidentified man disappeared near Spinnaker Bay Drive, south of Terrell. The boat's driver has been charged with boating while impaired.
It is the third drowning on the lake in three days and the ninth this year.
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