Colorado River search to resume for Henderson teen presumed drowned near Hoover Dam

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Nev. — National Park Service rangers are due to resume a search for an 18-year-old from Henderson, Nev., who disappeared while swimming in the Colorado River about two miles south of Hoover Dam.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area spokesman Andrew Munoz says the search will resume Tuesday for the teen last seen Monday swimming with two friends in Black Canyon. Searchers presume he drowned.

His friends told officials they were able to swim back to shore, but the teen struggled and went under water in swift current. His name was not immediately made public.

A helicopter and boat search was launched about 4 p.m. after the teen's friends hiked two miles up the Gold Strike Canyon trail to get cell phone reception and summon help.