No victims were found after a dive team responded to Lakewood Park in Waterbury on Sunday to investigate an empty canoe that was found floating just offshore.
Officers were called to Lakewood Park around noon to assist firefighters after personnel found an empty canoe floating just offshore of the lake with nobody inside.
According to police, firefighters and the Region 5 Dive Team was checking the area of the lake for precautionary purposes only. No victims were found in the lake.
Emergency personnel and the dive team have cleared the scene.
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