Emergency personnel and dive teams are currently searching for a missing kayaker near Girardville.
Around 2:15pm, Tuesday, emergency personnel and dive teams were called to the "A-Hole" and popular water hole/stripping pit, for a reported missing kayaker.
On the original dispatch, it was advised that the caller state they were kayaking with a friend when one of them went missing. The caller reportedly went searching and found the friend's kayak overturned in the water, with no one else around.
Girardville fire is at the scene along with Englewood Fire, and dive teams from Mahanoy City, Ryan Township, and Schuylkill Haven.
As of 5:00pm, the search continues.
East Main Street of Girardville is closed on the east end of town due to apparatus being parked along the roadway.
This incident is still very active, stay tuned to Skook News for updates.