Divers recover body from Angostura Reservoir Wednesday night

July 1, 2021

NewsCenter1 Staff,

UPDATE (7/1/21 @ 8:35 a.m.): Fall River County Emergency Manager Frank Maynard confirms that divers recovered a body from Angostura Reservoir around 7 p.m. Wednesday night. The drowning was not boating-related. Officials plan to perform an autopsy on Thursday.

Drowning Wednesday at Angostura. Fall River County Sheriff’s Office &Emergency Management, GF&P, Hot Springs Ambulance, Pennington County/Rapid City Water Rescue Team, and @PennCoSAR all assisted in the recovery of the individual. Divers recovered the body about 8pm. pic.twitter.com/Boh1CDkEx5

— Pennington County SO (@PennCoSheriff) July 1, 2021

The name of the drowning victim has not been released pending notification of next-of-kin.

ANGOSTURA RESERVOIR, S.D. — Breaker’s Beach on the north side of Angostura Reservoir was closed to the public Wednesday afternoon as emergency personnel were called out to an incident.

Law enforcement and first responders, including Fall River County Emergency Management, the Rapid City/Pennington County Water Rescue Team, and Pennington County Search and Rescue, were on-scene for an operation, the details of which have not been released at this time.

This is a developing story; NewsCenter1 will provide updates as they become available.

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Categories: Local News, South Dakota News

Tags: Angostura Reservoir, Breaker’s Beach, Fall River County Sheriff’s Office, Pennington County Search and Rescue, South Dakota Game Fish and Parks, Water Rescue Team

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