VINEYARD, Utah — The efforts of a search and rescue team at Utah Lake have been called off after the body of a missing 23-year-old man was found following a waverunner accident.
According to the Utah County Sheriff's Office, two men were on the waverunner when the accident occurred near Vineyard Beach around 5:30 p.m. One of them was safely rescued, but the other went under and did not resurface.
In an update early Monday, the Utah County Sheriff's Office said the victim's body was found around 1:00 a.m.
"This is a tragic and unfortunate ending to the course of events from yesterday," the office wrote on social media. "We would like to extend our condolences to the family."
Officials initially said one of the men was wearing a life jacket and the other was not. However, they later clarified that remark and it's unclear which, if either, was wearing a flotation device, which they did have on board the watercraft.
