LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities on Saturday continued their search for a man who went missing in Clear Lake after an early morning boating accident.

The man, whose name so far hasn’t been released, was in a boat with four other people offshore of Clearlake Oaks when the boat capsized shortly before 12:30 a.m. Saturday, as Lake County News has reported.

Radio reports described the missing man as a Black male in his 50s.

The man was reported to have been trying to rescue someone shortly before he disappeared.

The boat was recovered near the Clearlake Oaks boat launch and removed from the scene early Saturday morning.

Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office told Lake County News that the sheriff’s Marine Patrol had searched for the man throughout the day on Saturday but hadn’t located him.

Paulich said the search will continue on Sunday morning.

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