A Utah man sought in an alleged sex crime involving a juvenile was missing Saturday after his car plunged into a river in a northwestern Arizona gorge a day earlier, authorities said.
Police in Hurricane said in a statement that the man’s car was spotted upside down in the Virgin River along Interstate 15 after the car entered Arizona as Utah officers broke off a pursuit Friday.
A search of the car and the river didn't locate the man and his fate wasn't known, said Capt. Deborah Gates of the Beaver Dam Littlefield Fire District.
"He could have possibly survived but we did a really thorough search up and down the bank and in the water," she said.