The Truckee River near the border of Nevada and California.

A search took place in Nevada County for a 19-year-old who went missing while swimming in the Truckee River on Saturday, officials announced. 

At about 3 p.m., the man did not resurface after going underwater, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office wrote on social media Sunday. He was swimming in the river near the town of Floriston while visiting the area with friends. The group was not from the area, according to the sheriff’s office. Floriston is about 13 miles east of Truckee, near the Nevada state line. 

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A multiday search and rescue effort included “K9 teams, drones, helicopters, swift water rescue teams, rescue swimmers and ground searchers on foot,” the sheriff’s office wrote. An update to a GoFundMe posted by the family of the man’s partner announced that the body of the man, whose name is Brian, was recovered as of 11:20 a.m. on Monday.

The fundraiser describes him as “a very well-mannered young man who was full of life.” 

“He was charismatic, ambitious, kind, and deeply loved by those who knew him,” the GoFundMe’s description states. The fundraiser was set up in order to help the missing man’s family with funeral expenses. The sheriff’s office did not officially identify him. 

The Truckee River is currently unsafe to swim in, the sheriff’s office wrote. Its currents are heavy with snowmelt runoff, and despite the record-shattering heat wave that blanketed California over the weekend, the river’s waters remain frigid at about 44 degrees. 

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Spring and early summer often bring an onslaught of drowning deaths in California’s rivers as snowpack reserves melt across the state’s mountain ranges. Earlier this month, a woman died after being swept away while trying to cross the San Gabriel River on Southern California’s popular Bridge to Nowhere trail. 

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