Quesnel Search and Rescue was called out twice on Wednesday.
Public Information Officer Bob Holowenko goes over the details.
“We continue to be in a bit of a busy period where we’re getting higher than normal call volume. On the morning of the 4th, we received a request by the RCMP to investigate a report of a person in the water. By the time we were able to get on the road we ended up being stood down. Shortly thereafter we did receive a call for a person who was stranded due to a mechanical failure of a piece of equipment that they were on.”
In that case, Hollowenko says they were called to extract the person and bring them to safety, but they were stood down once again because the person was able to self rescue.
That was in the Neighbour Lake/Ahbau Lake area.
Getting back to the report of a person in the water off of the Moffat Bridge, Quesnel RCMP Sergeant Clay Kronebusch confirms that they received a report of a possible jumper at 11:15 a.m.
He says they were able to confirm through witnesses that the person didn’t jump, and instead climbed back over the railing to safety.
– Files from George Henderson, My Cariboo Now staff
