UPDATE
(latest 8am Jan. 25 with additional detail)
The body of a man was located in the Ohio River at the Cave In Rock Ferry landing on the Illinois side at about 11:30pm Saturday night.
Crittenden County Rescue Squad, dragging the waters just in front of the ferry landing, was able to locate the deceased. The identity of the victim had not been released as of early Sunday morning; however, Illinois authorities have confirmed that it was a 39-year-old man from Pope County, Ill.
Cave In Rock Ferry, which halted operations while the search was underway, reopened at 6am Sunday morning after service was stopped while the search and rescue mission was conducted.
ORIGINAL POST
Crittenden County Rescue Squad is assisting in a search and rescue mission on the Ohio River on the Illinois shore at the Cave In Rock Ferry landing.
The ferry is temporarily closed due to the incident.
About 9pm a side-by-side ATV apparently drove into the water on the Illinois side of the river. The ferry was loading on the Kentucky side when the crew observed the ATV traveling at a high speed travel down the ramp at the end of Illinois Route 1 and into the river.
Witnesses believe there may have been two occupants in the ATV. The side-by-side has been recovered, but at 10pm there had been no sign of the possible victims. Divers are searching the area.
Hardin County, Ill., Sheriff’s Department and Hardin County Emergency Management initiated the search, and requested assistance from Crittenden County.
Rescue squad members from here launched their boats at the ferry landing on the Kentucky shore and began helping with the search.
