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Fast current hinders river search for missing teen near Saskatoon

RCMP say a 17-year-old boy went missing Sunday evening just before 9 p.m. CST from the beach at the Fred Heal canoe launch about 12 kilometres south of the city.

17-year-old boy went missing Sunday evening

The search continues for a missing teenage boy who was last seen swimming in a river south of Saskatoon. (Jason Warick/CBC News)

The RCMPsays afast current is making it harder to search for a teen swimmer who went missing from the South Saskatchewan River near Saskatoon.

The 17-year-old boy went missing Sunday evening just before 9 p.m. CST from the beach at the Fred Heal canoe launch about 12 kilometres south of the city.

Overnight searches were conducted byRCMP, Saskatoon city police andSTARS Air Ambulance, said the RCMP'scommander of the Saskatoon detachment, Greg Abbott. The search is complicated by the rapid current and the large area, he added.
The RCMP is searching the South Saskatchewan River near Saskatoon for a missing teen swimmer. (Jason Warick/CBC)

On Monday afternoon, relatives of the missing teen sat on lawn chairs and paced around the beach where the search continues.On the shore and in the water, dozens of volunteers, police and firefighters looked for the teenager.

The family declined to speak with media, but Abbott said they are grateful for all the help.

"As you can well imagine, it's extremely stressful. That's why we're doing all we can," Abbott told reporters at the boat launch site near the Beaver Creek Conservation Area.

RCMPsaid they would not be releasing the teenager's name.