Kansas
Emergency crews investigate capsized boat in Kansas River
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Emergency crews are investigating a ship that capsized within the Kansas River.
Lt. Josh McEwan with the Kansas Freeway Patrol stated crews had been known as round 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, to an space of the Kansas River close to the Oakland Expressway bridge which seems to have been underwater for fairly a while.
When officers tried to take away the boat, they revealed a registration sticker from the 12 months 1993. Nonetheless, the query stays simply precisely how lengthy the boat was left there and who it belongs to.
Lt. McEwan famous that the Kansas Division of Wildlife and Parks will now more than likely cross reference the tag with its database to search out the final registered proprietor of the boat.
A Kansas Division of Transportation drone inspecting bridges on Tuesday revealed the boat to officers, which launched the investigation.
Kansas Wildlife and Parks, Kansas Freeway Patrol, Shawnee Heights Fireplace District and AMR crews had been all dispatched to the scene.
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