Rescuers still are searching this afternoon for the man who was flushed away by an overflowing culvert Sunday evening.
The missing man, now identified as 46-year-old Sylvester Kitchens Jr., is presumed drowned, according to Chattanooga Fire Department spokesman Bruce Garner.
Rescue crews with the department of public works and the fire department are monitoring culverts and drainage ditches near the place Mr. Kitchens went missing, 2310 E. 14th St, Mr. Garner said. Crews plan to do a more extensive search when the runoff from recent heavy rains subsides, he said.
Kevin rejoined the Times Free Press in August 2011 as the Southeast Tennessee K-12 education reporter. He worked as an intern in 2009, covering the communities of Signal Mountain, Red Bank, Collegedale and Lookout Mountain, Tenn. A native Kansan, Kevin graduated with bachelor's degrees in journalism and sociology from the University of Kansas. After graduating, he worked as an education reporter in Hutchinson, Kan., for a year before coming back to Chattanooga. Honors include a ...
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