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Search underway for teen who went missing while playing in Willamette River
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (KPTV) - A search is underway for a teen who went missing while playing in the Willamette River in Independence on Sunday afternoon. The Independence Police Department posted on Facebook that a teenager disappeared under water in the Willamette River near Riverview Park just after 5 p.m. Riverview...
Busy weekend for first responders with one presumed drowning and another close call
Independence Police posted to Facebook that Riverview Park was closed Sunday evening while Polk County emergency responders looked for a missing teen. Police said the teen was playing in the water in the Willamette River near Riverview Park just after 5:00 p.m. when the teen disappeared under the water. No other updates were immediately available.
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