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On Friday night, search and rescue crews from several counties responded to a report of a boat in distress on Oneida Lake.
At 8:26 p.m., the Buffalo Coast Guard received a call about a sinking boat but did not specify the lake.
As of 9:10 p.m., Oswego County dispatch informed CNY Central that agencies from Oneida, Madison, Onondaga, and Oswego counties were all responding.
This is one of the Sylvan Beach Fire Department vessels searching tonight. The fire chief tells us crews are trying to ping the last location of the cell phone. He says the Coast Guard helicopter has arrived. pic.twitter.com/sXbicrr1mj
— Tony Black (@tonyblacknews) May 29, 2021
Sylvan Beach Fire Chief Rick Johnson told CNY Central’s Tony Black that they received a call at 8:34 p.m. from a boat that was sinking and then lost contact. They couldn’t pinpoint a location or even how many people were on the boat. For the search, there is a point area under the Route 13 bridge in Sylvan Beach and another on the lake’s western shore in Cleveland. According to Fire Chief Johnson, crews are attempting to pinpoint the phone’s last known location.
A search helicopter from Canada was also sent to Buffalo by the Coast Guard. Due to the inclement weather, the helicopter arrived around 10:30 p.m., according to our sources.
According to Oneida County Sheriff Rob Maciol, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, the Coastguard, and a fire department were all searching the lake.
At the same time, Oneida County is searching for a missing 93-year-old man in the county’s northern part.
