By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer
WHEELING – An eighth victim was added Wednesday to the list of fatalities following Saturday’s flooding in Ohio County, and officials say at least one person is still listed as missing.
The eighth casualty found Wednesday was an unidentified male, officials explained. Lou Vargo, director of the Ohio County Emergency Management Agency, indicated search teams had actually been looking for a female and the male found had not been reported as missing.
This leads officials to believe other victims may not have been reported, and additional victims could be found in the following days.
Vargo said his office working with other agencies had compiled a list of “credible victims.” These were persons reported by others who saw them struggling in the flood water.
“We all knew that while we had eight (victims), there were likely other people who were never witnessed who were in the water,” Vargo said.
