Rescue Teams Continue Search For Missing Child In Merrimack River

LOWELL, MA — Local police and numerous other agencies were searching for a missing 4-year-old boy. He was last seen in the Merrimack River on Saturday, according to a Lowell police statement.

Police and firefighters received a 911 call reporting that the boy was in the water by the Western Canal in the area of 300 Arcand Drive and the Merrimack River in Lowell at 5:44 p.m.

"Preliminary indications are that the boy was quickly pulled by the current into the Merrimack River," according to a police statement.

An ongoing search for the boy has involved the Lowell police’s drone unit, the Lowell Fire Department’s boats and dive team, the Massachusetts State Police Airwing, Dive Team, and other units, UMass Lowell Police, and Environmental Police.

Firefighters in Dracut, Methuen and Lawrence have also searched the river downstream.

An investigation into how the boy ended up in the water remains ongoing.