Eden, North Carolina, Jun 18, 2021, SPA -- Three people are dead and two remain missing after a group floating down a North Carolina river on inflatable tubes went over a dam, authorities said. Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates told reporters that a group of nine people tubing on the Dan River went over the Duke Energy dam in Eden. A Duke Energy employee who saw some of the tubers called the situation in to 911, Cates said. Four other people were rescued and taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that Cates said were not life-threatening. Two more remained missing. Boats and helicopters were used in the search in the county north of Greensboro along the Virginia state line, AP reported. --SPA 12:10 LOCAL TIME 09:10 GMT 0009 www.spa.gov.sa/w1573517
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