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Report ID# 31503

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Crews searching for missing kayaker

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MARION COUNTY, Ky. May 7, 2018 —

Rescue crews are searching for a missing kayaker in Marion County. They're searching the Rolling Fork River off Highway 68, just southwest of Lebanon. On Sunday afternoon, police got a call about a kayaker who'd gone under the river's surface and disappeared. The missing man is 28 years old and from Lebanon. His name has not been released. Officials said the current pulled his kayak under the Old Mill dam, and he didn't resurface.

 

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