Agencies stop searching for 6-year-old missing after Utah flood
By Kimber Laux Las Vegas Review-Journal
Rescuers walk along the bank of Short Creek while searching for missing residents after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. At least eight people were killed near Utah‘s border with Arizona when flash floods triggered by heavy rain in nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. REUTERS/David Becker
Rescuers search along the Short Creek bank after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. At least eight people were killed near Utah‘s border with Arizona when flash floods triggered by heavy rain in nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (David Becker/Reuters)
Residents walk across one of the many flooded streets after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. Flash floods killed nine people near Utah‘s border with Arizona when a "large wall of water" triggered by heavy rain pounding nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (David Becker/Reuters)
A resident takes pictures of an estimated 50-foot deep gorge that was created after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. At least eight people were killed near Utah‘s border with Arizona when flash floods triggered by heavy rain in nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (David Becker/Reuters)
A girl jumps off a mound of dirt that was piled up with one of the vehicles found after a flash flood, in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. Flash floods killed nine people near Utah‘s border with Arizona when a "large wall of water" triggered by heavy rain pounding nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (David Becker/Reuters)
Residents walk along a street after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. At least eight people were killed near Utah‘s border with Arizona when flash floods triggered by heavy rain in nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (Reuters/David Becker)
A rescuer walks along the bank of Short Creek while searching for missing residents after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. At least eight people were killed near Utah‘s border with Arizona when flash floods triggered by heavy rain in nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (David Becker/Reuters)
Attendees bow in prayer at a memorial for the 13 (and 1 still missing) victims of a September 14 flash flood. The memorial was held in Maxwell Park in Hildale, Utah, Saturday September 26, 2015. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Rescuers walk along the bank of Short Creek while searching for missing residents after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. At least eight people were killed near Utah‘s border with Arizona when flash floods triggered by heavy rain in nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (David Becker/Reuters)
Residents look down a 50-foot gorge that was created after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. At least eight people were killed near Utah‘s border with Arizona when flash floods triggered by heavy rain in nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (David Becker/Reuters)
A construction equipment clears debris after a flash flood in Hildale, Utah September 15, 2015. Flash floods killed nine people near Utah‘s border with Arizona when a "large wall of water" triggered by heavy rain pounding nearby canyons swept them away in their cars, officials said on Tuesday. (David Becker/Reuters)
The search for a 6-year-old boy who was washed away in a flood in Hildale, Utah, has been been suspended and non-local resources have returned to their jurisdictions, according to the Washington County Emergency Services.
Outside resources left the search area Sunday night and local search crews will resume searching with dog teams either this weekend or next, the agency wrote Monday evening on its Facebook page.
Search and rescue volunteers over the weekend combed high probability areas for Tyson Lucas Black, who is presumed to be dead. The flood that swept Tyson away from his family on Sept. 14 also killed his mother, two other women and nine other children.
Hildale Fire Chief Kevin Barlow said searchers could return to the Utah-Arizona line this weekend to search a 12-mile stretch of wash where Tyson Lucas Black’s body may be buried, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday.
Seven more people who were hiking in Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park also were killed in the flooding. One of the hikers was from Mesquite and the other six were from California.
