NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - The rushing waters of the South Platte River have proved too tough for searchers trying to find a car that had been carrying two teenagers when it was driven into the river.
Officials have been hunting for 17-year-old Alexis Wiezorek (wih-ZOR’-ehk) and 18-year-old Noah Ramos since late Monday night. Authorities say Wiezorek drove around several barricades and then into the river, which had washed out part of a road on the south side of North Platte.
Officials had hoped divers could search the river bottom Thursday where an object had been detected by sonar the day before. Long poles were used unsuccessfully to probe for it. Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer says efforts to snag it so it can be pulled out won’t continue until conditions improve.
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