GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Rescue teams in Ottawa County were called to search a portion of the Grand River after an individual riding a jet ski was reported missing.
According to Ottawa County Central Dispatch, the report came in around 8:51 p.m. on Sunday evening.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says the 28-year-old and his passenger fell off the jet ski after hitting a buoy. Neither of them were wearing life jackets.
The passenger, an 18-year-old woman, was able to get back onto the jet ski, but the man operating the vehicle went under the water and did not resurface.
A dispatcher told FOX 17 the person went missing in the Grand River, specifically in the area of Mercury Drive and 152nd Avenue in Grand Haven Township.
Multiple departments, a dive team and the U.S. Coast Guard were called to the scene.
Several hours after the search started, the sheriff's office says the victim was found by dive teams using side scan sonar. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
the 18-year-old woman had minor injuries and was treated and released at the scene.
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