By Shereen Siewert
One person died Tuesday near downtown Wausau in the Wisconsin River, an apparent drowning, according to emergency scanner traffic.
Crews were paged at about 5 p.m. to the Wisconsin River south of the former train depot that now houses the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce, at 209 Washington St. Wausau Fire and Police crews responded and dispatched an air boat to aid in the attempted rescue.
One person was reportedly floating in the water with a second person on the rocks below the dam on the east side of the river.
The man on the rocks was not transported for treatment, according to emergency scanner traffic. But the woman found floating in the water was pronounced dead.
The circumstances leading up to the incident remain unclear. The names and ages of the victims have not been released, but witnesses say both appeared to be adults.
This is the second water-related emergency in recent months in Wausau, where a woman was pulled from the Wisconsin River in April. Police and fire crews responded at about 5:45 p.m. April 29 to the West Washington Street Bridge, just west of the Marathon County Public Library and south of the Scott Street Bridge, for a report of a woman in the water. The woman was pulled from the river and resuscitation efforts were performed at the scene before she was transported to Aspirus Wausau Hospital. No updates have been officially given on her condition.
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