Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet that there
was a search and rescue operation in place from the Duke Energy
plant to Virginia state after five tubers went missing on
Wednesday.
A group of nine went tubing around sunset on Wednesday,
Rockingham County Emergency Services Director Rodney Cates told
the media.
He said four people were rescued and taken to hospital with
injuries that were not life-threatening.
(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Kevin
Liffey)
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