Search underway for missing Wabash River boater after overturned boat discovered in IN

Saturday, April 17, 2021
A search is underway Saturday night for a missing Wabash River boater.

Indiana Conservation officers are investigating a boat accident and are searching for its missing occupant after a boat was reported overturned near the Duke Energy plant in Vermillion County.
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The overturned boat was reported around 2:45 p.m. Friday after a Duke Energy employee noticed the overturned boat near a low head dam located on a feeder creek along the Wabash River, according to officials.

Responding officials began searching the area with sonar and divers, but the boater has not yet been found.
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He was identified as Terry L. Evans, 64, of Danville, Illinois, officials said.
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