Crews searching for volunteer firefighter who went missing in NC river

PRINCEVILLE, N.C.  — Authorities are searching for a man who vanished in the Tar River near Princeville on Sunday afternoon.

WNCT reported that the man who disappeared is a volunteer firefighter in Edgecombe County.

The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 4:10 p.m. about a possible drowning at Shiloh Landing on Highway 258 North in Princeville, said Edgecombe County Sheriff James L. Knight.

Upon arrival on the scene, deputies learned that three men were fishing and decided to go for a swim, Knight said in a press release.

“One of the subjects disappeared under water. Multiple agencies, state and local, are currently at the scene making every possible effort to locate the subject,” Knight said.