MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A multi-agency search to find two people who were reported missing after being dropped off for a kayaking trip on Cheat Lake ends with positive results.
The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department said the two were found on Thursday night after they were reported missing that afternoon by the boat ramp located at the intersection of Mont Chateau and Cheat Road.
According to a sheriff’s department news release, the pair was reported missing at around 5:45 p.m. after they missed a designated meet time to return from a two-day kayaking trip to an island near Raven’s Rock. Deputies said the two reportedly left on the trip on Tuesday with plans to return sundown on Thursday.
They were were found safe Thursday night near their original destination on the island near Raven’s Rock. Both parties were transported from the area without further incident.
The sheriff’s department, state police, Morgantown police, DNR police, the Brookhaven Fire Department, the Cheat Lake Fire Department and the Mountainside Area Rescue Group all took part in the search.