Search operation in Rheinau ZH Dinghy washed over weir - man missing

A rubber dinghy accident occurred in Rheinau ZH on Tuesday evening. Since then, one person has been missing.

At around 9.30 p.m., two people on a rubber dinghy were washed over the weir at Rheinau ZH. A 28-year-old Swiss woman was rescued from the water by a passer-by. She was taken to hospital by ambulance. The second person, a 37-year-old German, has been missing ever since.

Various rescue services were called out immediately, according to the Zurich cantonal police. Rega carried out several search flights. Various fire departments from Switzerland and Germany searched the banks and the surface of the Rhine on foot and by boat.

The search was suspended around midnight for safety reasons. The search has been underway again since Wednesday morning.

Around one hundred people were deployed during the night. Together with the cantonal police, these included members of the Weinland, Eglisau, Jestetten, Lotstetten and Hohentengen fire departments, the DLRG, the district fire chief, two Rega helicopters, the Winterthur rescue service with an emergency doctor, the German rescue service, a patrol of the German police and members of the lake police of the Zurich cantonal police.