BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — UPDATE (JULY 12, 7:52 a.m.): The Bakersfield Fire Department gave an update on the search for a 22-year-old man who went missing in Lake Ming, near the Kern River Campgrounds.
Authorities say he has yet to be found and that the Kern County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team has now taken over the operation.
The family of the man told the BFD that the man went missing after he fell off his raft. According to fire officials, the man does not know how to swim and was not wearing a life jacket at the time of his disappearance.
Kern County first responders were at Lake Ming Monday afternoon near the Kern River searching for a missing 22-year-old man.
The search is happening at the Kern River campgrounds near Lake Ming.
The call was put out to authorities at around 2:45 Monday afternoon. According to the Bakersfield Fire Department, family members of the man say he was last seen in the river before the family lost their raft.
Officials tell us the man does not know how to swim and he was not wearing a life vest at the time of his disappearance.
