UPDATE: A passerby located the body of the missing male swimmer on the bank of the Fraser River near Richmond on June 17. A search was launched on June 4, when the male swimmer was reported missing. Next of kin has been notified.
Rescue crews have called off a search for a missing swimmer in the Fraser River on Saturday morning.
The man disappeared overnight in Surrey’s Brownsville Bar Park located between the Pattullo Bridge and the neighbouring SkyTrain bridge.
According to RCMP, a group of men were drinking on the beach when they decided to swim around the SkyTrain bridge pillar and back to shore.
A 32-year-old Burnaby man was spotted going under the water and never came up.
Divers were seen going into the water and a coast guard hovercraft was also on scene.
RCMP say they were unable to locate the man after several hours of searching, and made the difficult decision to call off the search.