More than a dozen Maine game wardens are involved in the search for a missing paddleboarder who presumably drowned Thursday at Range Pond in the town of Poland.Game Warden Jason Luce said divers are preparing to enter the pond to search for the 51-year-old male paddleboarder.”We’ll search until we can’t search anymore tonight and then, hopefully, we’re successful before nightfall,” Luce said.Crews are also searching the water and shoreline by boat and with ground searchers.The Maine Warden Service is using an underwater drone while the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office is using an aerial drone. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said the initial call came in at about 1 p.m.Game wardens said the paddleboarder went under the water nearly 200 feet offshore.Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson told Maine’s Total Coverage that the Poland Fire and Rescue Department also responded to Range Pond.Samson referred to the response as “all hands on deck.”Witnesses told Maine’s Total Coverage that they have seen drones circling overhead with multiple rescue boats in the water. This is a breaking news story. Maine’s Total Coverage is working to gather more information.
More than a dozen Maine game wardens are involved in the search for a missing paddleboarder who presumably drowned Thursday at Range Pond in the town of Poland.
Game Warden Jason Luce said divers are preparing to enter the pond to search for the 51-year-old male paddleboarder.
“We’ll search until we can’t search anymore tonight and then, hopefully, we’re successful before nightfall,” Luce said.
Crews are also searching the water and shoreline by boat and with ground searchers.
The Maine Warden Service is using an underwater drone while the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office is using an aerial drone.
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said the initial call came in at about 1 p.m.
Game wardens said the paddleboarder went under the water nearly 200 feet offshore.
Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson told Maine’s Total Coverage that the Poland Fire and Rescue Department also responded to Range Pond.
Samson referred to the response as “all hands on deck.”
Witnesses told Maine’s Total Coverage that they have seen drones circling overhead with multiple rescue boats in the water.
This is a breaking news story. Maine’s Total Coverage is working to gather more information.