Emergency responders find capsized boat on Diversion Channel

Area emergency responders grouped at the Highway 25 bridge over the Diversion Channel this afternoon after a call of a capsized boat in the water, but found no sign that a human was actually in the boat when it overturned.

Emergency responders from several Cape Girardeau County fire departments were called to the bridge over the channel on Highway 25 after receiving calls of an abandoned, capsized boat.

Emergency personnel found a small boat overturned, but there was no sign of any person that might have been in the boat.

Authorities on scene speculated the boat might have been previously abandoned and washed down the Diversion Channel during recent flooding, coming to rest in its current position.