Crews have been anticipated to return Wednesday to a suburban reservoir to seek for a person who went lacking whereas swimming within the restricted waters — a chaotic scene witnesses stated they heard loudly unfold hours earlier.
Round 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wooden Dale Hearth Safety District officers responded to a report and video displaying an individual within the Wooden Dale Itasca reservoir close to the intersection of North Wooden Dale Highway and Faculty Avenue, the district stated.
Witnesses reported listening to a person, who they stated was on the reservoir with a lady, swimming earlier than sudden screams for assist broke out.
“I simply hear the man screaming for the woman to return inside and he was screaming after which I finished listening to the screams,” Victoria Ostasz stated.
“There was chaos,” one other witness Anastazja Chudy stated. “She was tremendous scared and it was chaotic. Her mom and his mom have been operating over.”
Swimming within the reservoir will not be allowed, authorities stated. The reservoir is for storm water retention, holding overflow water from Salt Creek.
There are “very highly effective drains” within the reservoir, one neighbor stated.
Kin of the lacking man stated they believed he was within the space visiting his girlfriend.
Photographs and movies on the scene confirmed a big emergency response for the search as of 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Divers and drones have been deployed to help with the search, officers stated. Officers now think about the search a restoration mission, not a rescue.
Additional particulars surrounding the incident weren’t instantly identified.
Search crews continued their efforts till round 10 p.m. Tuesday. The search will resume Wednesday morning, officers stated.
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