Courtesy-Bargersville Fire Department
BARGERSVILLE, Ind.- The Bargersville Fire Department (BFD) led a water rescue of a family of kayakers who became stranded on the White River near Waverly Park Road on Friday, May 16.
Crews responded to the 8:30 p.m. report of three people stranded on a sandbar while kayaking near Waverly Park Road and Tunnel Road during the severe storms that moved through the area.
With assistance from Brown Township, Paragon, and Martinsville Fire Departments, crews sent out boats to help locate them. The family was less than a mile south of the Waverly Boat ramp. Brown Township Boat 2 rescued all three and brought them to shore safely.
No members of the family required medical attention following the rescue.
