According to Kenneth Paldanius, rescue chief on standby, it was a company of three people who were out kayaking in the rapids at Volgsele when the accident occurred.

A person must then have fallen into the water at a rapids.

Despite a large effort by helicopter, rescue service and ambulance during the night, the missing person was not found.

- We have ended our operation and the police have now taken over the case, says Kenneth Paldanius.