Body found during recovery effort for missing teen at Lake Bistineau Spillway
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LAKE BISTINEAU, Louisiana (KTBS) The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office has confirmed they found a body Wednesday morning near the Lake Bistineau Spillway. That’s the same area where a teenager disappeared Tuesday evening in a boating accident. First responders worked through the night in their recovery effort for the young man. He’s believed to be a Calvary Baptist Academy student.
Authorities say the two boys had been fishing when their boat capsized near the dam at the Lake Bistineau bridge on Highway 154 about 4 p.m. One of the teens made it safely out of the water, while the other one didn’t.
LAKE BISTINEAU, La. - Bossier Sheriff’s Office and other first responders continued through the night in their recovery effort for a teenager who disappeared near the Lake Bistineau Spillway following
Body recovered as Bossier officials search for missing teen boater
Body recovered as Bossier officials search for missing teen boater
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BOSSIER PARISH - A body was recovered Wednesday morning, as Bossier Parish officials searched the waters of Lake Bistineau Spillway for a missing teen boater.
According to a post on the Bossier Parish Sheriff s Office Facebook page, Bossier deputies recovered the body from Lake Bistineau just after 7 a.m. following an overnight search of the Lake Bistineau Spillway on the Highway 154 bridge.
Officials were first made aware of the situation around 4 p.m. Tuesday when a call came in regarding two teenage boys who were involved in a boating accident near the dam at the Lake Bistineau bridge on Highway 154.