MARBLEMOUNT, Wash - The Skagit County Sheriff's office says crews are back out this weekend searching along the Skagit River for a 10-year-old boy who went missing on Tuesday.
The search is now concentrated on the Skagit River using hovercrafts, rafts, and boats donated from various agencies, Skagit County Undersheriff Chad Clark says.
According to the sheriff's office the boy and his father had been camping and kayaking in North Cascades National Park. As they were kayaking on the Skagit River, the father got dumped out of his kayak in some rapids but the boy continued down the river.
The father made it back to shore and began searching but couldn't find his son. The father then hiked all Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to a place where he could get help.
Clark said there is a strong, heavy current on the river right now, and the water is very cold. He said authorities asked Seattle City Light, which operates the Diablo Dam, to lower the river.
The missing boy, identified as Sage Adams, and his family are from the Chehalis area.