{"id":630,"date":"2022-07-30T18:29:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T18:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/pcsdblotter\/?p=630"},"modified":"2023-06-28T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:14:13","slug":"man-drowns-in-spanaway-lake-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/pcsdblotter\/2022\/07\/30\/man-drowns-in-spanaway-lake-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Drowns in Spanaway Lake Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 5:03 pm, on Friday July 29th, dispatchers received a phone call of a drowning at Spanaway Lake Park.\u00a0 A 69 year old male went into the water from the boat to fix the propeller.\u00a0 Witness stated that he did not come back up and after a few minutes they called 911.\u00a0 The Pierce County Metro Dive Team and Marine Services Unit responded to the scene.\u00a0 Two divers were sent in for the rescue attempt but with a difficult last seen point and minimal visibility they were unable to locate him in their initial search.<\/p>\n

The teams switched from a rescue effort to a recovery effort last night. The male could not be located last night and the teams had to hold off recovery efforts until 07:00 am the next day.<\/p>\n

Today, on July 30th, at around 09:45 am we were able to locate the man using our Marine Sonic Sonar and Kongsberg Sonar.\u00a0 Our divers were then able to get to him and recover him from the lake.<\/p>\n