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Lake Stevens man presumed drowned near Troublesome Creek

INDEX, Wash. — The Snohomish County sheriff's office says it was called toTroublesome Creek near Index for a report of someone unable to get out of the water. 

Witnesses said they were traveling as a group of four adults when two men in the group went swimming in the North Fork of the Skykomish River.

The area in which they were swimming was beneath a waterfall, with turbulent water and difficult swimming conditions.

One of the swimmers made it out but the other did not resurface.

The missing swimmer is a Lake Stevens man in his 20's. 

The dive team will return to the area tomorrow to continue the recovery efforts.

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