LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Authorities have identified the 69-year-old employee of a rock quarry in southern Indiana whose body was found Wednesday afternoon, one day after he went missing.
According to the Crawford County Coroner's Office, that man has been identified as Bruce Vernon, of Marengo. His death has been ruled an accident.
The incident occurred in Cape Sandy, Indiana, a small town on the Ohio River just south of Leavenworth.
On Tuesday, crews responded around 2 p.m. to the Mulzer Crushed Stone quarry, off Alton Fredonia Road. Emergency officials on the scene said a vehicle went into the water and they were searching for a person who may have been inside.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said after several hours, a dump truck was found using sonar imaging, an underwater camera that uses ultrasonic waves to create images.Â
The DNR said it is likely the dump truck, which weighs several tons, slipped over the edge — roughly 100 feet — and was under 20-30 feet of water and became inverted.
Vernon's body was recovered Wednesday with the help of a remote operated vehicle submersible sonar unit. Divers then entered the inverted vehicle and extracted the body.
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