Search crews were at Little River in Cherokee Park on Clarks Hill Lake for the sixth day, looking for two Augusta men.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and the dive team from the Columbia County Fire Department are looking for Eynn Wilson, age 34 and Edward Kirk, age 37, both of Augusta. They have been missing since Sunday afternoon.
Initial reports said one of the men jumped off a pontoon boat and failed to re-surface. The other man jumped in to help but also failed to re-surface. However, investigators with the GBI and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are trying to determine exactly what happened.
DNR sonar equipment is still being used and Friday morning a helicopter made several passes over the search area.
Dana Lynn McIntyre is a Staff Reporter with The Augusta Press. You can reach her at dana@theaugustapress.com.
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