Personal watercraft drivers drowned in Umeälven

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The alarm on the accident occurred at 19 pm. The place was the Umeälven down the bridge from the church near the museum.

Witnesses saw how a person dropped a boat and disappeared under the water

. 19659006] The emergency service, police and ambulance were quickly in place.

In addition to lifeboats, several private boats participated in the search

A thermal camera rescue helicopter was called and also searched for water downstream from the bridge deck, without the no one is found

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Hundreds of people gathered on the beach to follow the research. This at the same time as rescuer, helicopter, naval rescue, police and ambulance searched in the water.

At 8:30 pm, Håkan Iseklint told the rescue service that there was no hope of finding the person alive

– It's been over an hour and now the jump is less and less. This means that we will soon decide to end the rescue service and therefore also to the search effort, Håkan Iseklint told VK.

The accident is still not clear.

– All we know for the moment, is that there is an accident with a PWC. This is the information we received. According to Håkan Iseklint, a person entered the water and disappeared under the surface

Bo Wallin / Västerbottens Kuriren