Body Of Missing Summit Man May Have Been Found

A body is being recovered from the Delaware River Tuesday afternoon near the Milford-Montague Toll Bridge, according to numerous news reports and confirmed by New Jersey State Police Spokesman Sgt. Adam Grossman.

Grossman said no identification has been made. However, the body found was spotted 35 miles away from where a Summit man went missing on Saturday, according to a report by The Morning Call.

Gary West, a 38-year-old Summit resident, was reported missing around 1:40 p.m. Saturday when the tube he and his 14-year-old daughter were rafting on the Delaware River overturned. West's daughter managed to float to a Pennsylvania riverbank.  

West and his family were at the Delaware River Family Campground in Warren County before they went into the river with a group of others. West and his daughter became separated from the rest of the group in the river before overturning.  

State police divers, marine services and aviation crews responded after the report Saturday, searching until about 8 p.m. The teams made three dives Sunday, Grossman said, which ended at 2 p.m.

A New Jersey State Police boat was on the Delaware River for one hour Monday, searching for West using side scan sonar when the boat had to come off the river due to the bad weather conditions, Grossman said.

The Easton Expres-Times reported Saturday Pennsylvania resident Frank DiLeo heard cries from the daughter as she climbed out of the water, and searched for her father to no avail. The article also reported river warnings had been issued to try and keep people out of the water, after recent rains caused the river to rise. 

Patch will update this article as information is available.