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Boy, 5, lost in river on family camping trip

Detective Kevin Engelbertson, of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Swift Water Rescue Team, directs team members Deputy Tim English, center, and Deputy Brady Taylor as they search the Cispus River for the body of a 5-year-old Tacoma boy on Tuesday in Randle, Wash. The boy fell into the river Monday. (Associated Press)
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RANDLE, Wash. – The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said crews continued their search Tuesday for a 5-year-old Tacoma boy swept away Monday after he accidentally rode his motorcycle into the fast-flowing Cispus River.

Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said a KIRO-TV helicopter assisted in the search.

A visor from the boy’s helmet was found caught in a logjam about a mile downstream from where he went into the river on Monday afternoon.

The boy was camping with his family along the river about 10 miles from Randle. Brown said it appears he just got too close to the riverbank.

Brown said the boy’s 32-year-old father ran to the water and jumped in after his son but was unable to reach him. The father was swept downriver about a half-mile before he was able to reach the shore.