A 37-year-old man is presumed dead after jumping into Diamond Lake in Oregon on Saturday, going under and never resurfacing.
Rescuers with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and other groups continued to search for the unidentified man on Sunday.
The man had been on a pontoon boat with friends when he tried to go for a swim around 5:30 p.m., officials said.
Oregon’s rivers and lakes can pose significant danger to people boating, tubing and swimming, especially if they’re not wearing life jackets.
Oregon law requires children age 12 and under to wear life jackets on boats. Adults must have life jackets on board, but they’re not required to wear them unless they’re on extreme whitewater rapids.
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