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Body of missing boater recovered from Youghiogheny Lake

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By WPXI.com News Staff

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. — The body of a boater, who had been missing since Friday from Youghiogheny Lake, has been found.

Water rescue crews from Allegheny, Westmoreland and Somerset counties searched the Youghiogheny Lake for the man Friday night and returned to the lake early Saturday to resume the search.

It’s not clear what led to the man being reported missing.

Attention Boaters It’s a sad day on Yough Lake. As many of you have read they did recover the missing boater. At the...

Posted by Yough Lake Marina on Sunday, August 29, 2021

The boater’s name has not been released.

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