Recovery effort underway for juvenile who went underwater, never resurfaced

UPDATE: July 17 at 12 p.m.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported that the search and rescue for the juvenile, identified by police as a 16-year-old male from Texas, who went underwater and did not resurface at the Boonesborough Beach area on Tuesday afternoon, is now a recovery effort.

Officials on the scene detailed that K-9s are assisting in the recovery effort.

UPDATE: July 17 at 10:30 a.m.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office reports that the search and rescue for the male juvenile who went underwater and did not resurface at the Boonesborough Beach area on Tuesday afternoon resumed on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m.

According to officials, multiple agencies are on the scene and assisting in the search and rescue.

UPDATE: July 17 at 9:30 a.m.
On Tuesday afternoon, near the Boonesborough Beach area of the Kentucky River, search and rescue crews searched for a male juvenile who had gone underwater and did not resurface.

First on the scene was the White Hall Volunteer Fire Department.

"When we arrived on scene, we made contact with witnesses and people who were with him on the beach to gather further information," said Jackson Roeder, White Hall Fire Captain.

Officials say the juvenile walked into the water from the beach.

"It is open to the public to be down there, but there is no swimming posted," said Roeder.

Crews have been in the water using sonar for several hours.

"Underwater robots in the water using cameras to try to locate anything further and we're also doing searches along the bank on each side to gather further information to see what we can find," said Roeder.

LEX 18 spoke to someone who lives near the beach.

"I like to see them clean it up, get some roping, where you can't get next to the spillway because when the water's rolling, that spillway will suck you in," said Bruce Harrison. "I've seen them throw logs up five feet in the air; beyond that, it's really dangerous."

Original Story:
Lexington Fire Department officials reported that dive crews have been sent to assist in an incident in which a juvenile went underwater and did not resurface Tuesday afternoon.

The search is near the Boonesborough Beach area of the Kentucky River.

LEX 18

There are search and rescue crews from three different counties at the scene.

This is a developing story and LEX 18 will have additional information as it becomes available.