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POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A boater is missing after a jet ski overturned on Lake Clinch Sunday evening, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded to the lake around 8:20 p.m. with the Frostproof Fire Department “and had boats immediately into the water to look for the boater.”
According to a news release, preliminary information shows that two boaters were on a jet ski on Lake Clinch when it overturned. Deputies said one boated was able to make it to shore, but the other person is missing.
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The PCSO marine unit and underwater search and recovery Team (USART) will search throughout the night and until the boater is located, deputies said.
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