HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Crews are searching by boat and air for a 20-year-old Miami man who fell off a paddle board in the Columbia River near Hood River, Oregon.
The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday that the board used by Andres Damian Pombo was found floating mid-channel on Friday afternoon. A video camera he had attached showed that Pombo fell off the board on the western edge of an area known as Swell City.
Pombo and companions got in the water at a state park with plans to paddle toward Hood River. At some point, Pombo separated from his group and tried paddling across the river toward Washington state.
Crews from both states searched the water, shoreline and surrounding roads.
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