One dead, another missing at Grantsville Reservoir after boat incident

GRANTSVILLE, Utah (ABC4) — One person was reported dead, and another missing, at Grantsville Reservoir on Friday afternoon.

The Tooele County Sheriff’s Office said that at 1:34 p.m. on Friday, April 25, their dispatch center received a report about multiple people on a boat calling for help.

“Moments later, the reporting party advised that the individuals had entered the water and were struggling to swim,” the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies, as well as officers from the Grantsville City Police Department, fire and medical personnel from Grantsville City Fire, North Tooele Fire District, and Mountain West Ambulance Service responded to the scene.

As they arrived, responders were told that two bystanders used a kayak to retrieve one man from the water. Officials said that the man was unresponsive. Life-saving efforts were performed, but were unsuccessful, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities say that another individual is still missing. The Tooele County Search and Rescue team and the Utah Department of Public Safety Dive Team are working to find them.

“We are asking the public to avoid the area to allow search and rescue and dive teams to work without obstruction,” the sheriff’s office reports.