BULL RUN, W.Va. — Officials in Preston County say the body of an Ohio man swept into the Cheat River early Sunday has been recovered.
Michael Lewis, 23, of Petersburg, Ohio, was found in Cheat Lake Monday after nearly two full days of searching. He’d last been seen near Bull Run around 4:21 a.m. Sunday.
The Preston County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a reported drowning, where they found Lewis swept away by the current. Another male, Shane Nelson Forame, 23, of Petersburg, Ohio, was stranded in the water.
Deputies were able to reach Forame with a series of ropes tied together with assistance of Aaron Williams, also of Petersburg, Ohio, and drag him to the shore.
Volunteer Fire Departments from Masontown, Reedsville and Newburg, along with Kamp Ambulance, West Virginia State Police, Mountaineer Area Rescue Group, Preston County Dive Team and Grafton Volunteer K-9 unit assisted in the search.