A search for a 15-year old female missing since an accident early Thursday morning in Crawford County, has turned to a recovery mission. KTIV in Sioux City reports the search for the unidentified teen ended Friday night, but was expected to resume this (Saturday) morning, with several K-9 units and a dive team. The Western Iowa Expo Building at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in Denison has been turned into the command Center for the search.

At about 7:25 p.m. Friday, the dispatch center at the law enforcement center issued a call for all available EMS personnel to meet at the command center at 8:30 a.m. today (Saturday). Five dogs from Yankton, South Dakota, and from Ankeny are expected to join in the search. Three of the dogs are trained for water tracking and the other two for tracking on the ground.

Crawford County Sheriff James Steinkuehler said the search of the river would be from the fairgrounds on south. He said he is confident of the thoroughness of the search of the river from the scene of the accident, north of Denison, to the fairgrounds.The sheriff said the search parties would work as late as they can today,  and hope to have success.

The accident was reported about 3 a.m. Thursday in rural Crawford County. Authorities say the car was carrying five people when it ran off a rural road into the river. Four who reached safety on their own or were rescued were taken to a Denison hospital. Deputies, firefighters and a dive team searched the river and its banks until 11:15 p.m. Thursday but had to stop because of heavy fog. The searchers returned Friday morning.