Rescue crews looking for missing person at Belews Lake

STOKESDALE, N.C. — Rescue crews are searching for a person who went underwater at Belews Lake and did not resurface, officials said.

Stokes County Emergency Management said the person was reported missing on Saturday just after 5:00 p.m.

Search crews with sonar began scanning the area while boat crews assisted with the search from the surface of the water. Divers from the High Point Fire Department and the Guilford Association of SCUBA personnel have been searching the area. 

The Madison-Rockingham Rescue Squad is one of the agencies also searching. They’re using a side-scan sonar device that detects objects in the water, according to Chief Rusty Gray.

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Aerial View of Belews Lake, North Carolina on a Beautiful Spring Day

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