A water rescue has turned into a recovery search for a teen who went missing in the waters of the American River in Rancho Cordova on Tuesday.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District originally responded to the water rescue call at 2:44 p.m.after reports that two people were in distress in the waters near the El Manto access point in Rancho Cordova.
According to one 30-year-old man involved was pulled from the water and airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. The condition of the rescued man remains unknown at this time.
The search for the missing teen continues in the area. Shortly after 4 p.m.responding agencies transitioned the search into that of a recovery effort.
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department has been on the scene as well as the Sacramento County Sheriffs Department and park rangers with Sacramento County.
As of 6:55 p.m. the dive team was working in the area of the El Manto access to assist with the recovery effort but nightfall hampered their efforts.
The recovery effort resumed at daylight Wednesday Socers were assisted by area resident Matt Scruitenburg of American River Lost and Found. Scruitenburg frequently doves on the waters locally and knows many of the trouble areas.
With his knowledge of the underwater terrain near Clay Banks, helped to lead divers to the location of the body deep in water where strong currents were a factor even for divers making access to the location. The body of the term was recovered as family members were on shore in what was a difficult recovery effort fof all involved.
According to officials the custom was not wearing a floatation devices when the tragedy occurred.
