Kansas River search for man in truck is called off after nothing is found

Firefighters searched along the Kansas and Missouri rivers for several hours Friday after a report that a man inside a truck was swept into Turkey Creek near the Seventh Street Bridge and Interstate 35.

Fire crews were dispatched about 11:45 a.m. Friday. They spoke to a witness who said the truck went into the water at the mouth of a tunnel that leads from the creek into the Kansas River.

The tunnel is about a quarter of a mile long, officials said.

Kansas City and Kansas City, Kan., fire crews searched a wide area of the Kansas and Missouri rivers downstream for several hours but did not find anything.

By midafternoon Friday, crews had called off the search.

This story was originally published May 29, 2015 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Kansas River search for man in truck is called off after nothing is found."