CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — North Carolina Wildlife crews are searching for a missing swimmer in Catawba County after he jumped off a boat and never resurfaced.
Around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, a group of 10 people were on board a pontoon boat in the Beaver Dam Creek area of Lake Norman.
The boat’s driver, a 27-year-old man from Burlington, stopped the boat and jumped into the water to swim. Officials said he then started having trouble swimming, went under and never came back up.
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Authorities said the man was not wearing a lifejacket.
No other information has been released.
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