SAYLORVILLE, Iowa — EDITOR'S NOTE: The above video is from the night of Monday, May 29
The body of a man has been pulled from Saylorville Lake after he fell out of a boat and never resurfaced Monday night, according to Capt. Ryan Evans with the Polk County Sheriff's Department.
First responders were called to the west end of Mile Long Bridge near the Lincoln Boat Access to search for an adult man who had fallen overboard around 5:50 p.m. Monday.
"We've got a lot of boats in the area, a lot of different crews out here: fire departments, the DNR, conservation, just anybody that we can get a hold of that's going to help with the situation," Evans said Monday night. "And I know the metro STAR dive team is also here."
Search efforts were put on pause around 9:20 p.m. due to nightfall, but crews resumed searching Tuesday around 7 a.m.
"At approximately 10:15 a.m. cadaver dogs and sonar equipment utilized by rescue personnel identified a possible location for the victim," the sheriff's office said in a release. "At approximately 10:30 a.m. divers were deployed into the water and located the adult male victim."
The man has been identified as 42-year-old Kalpesh Patel of Urbandale.
The sheriff's office believes the death is accidental. The incident is still under investigation.
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