BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) – We have learned more information about a construction worker who fell into the Ogeechee River as recovery efforts continue for him Tuesday.
We have now learned the victim’s name is Jose Garcia Hernandez.
Authorities have been out along Highway 17 and the Interstate 95 bridge in Bryan County searching for the 55-year-old man’s body.
The Bryan County Sheriff’s Office brought in a cadaver dog from Evans County Monday who alerted on the water near the I-95 bridge.
A dive team went in the water, but did not find Hernandez.
It’s been more than a week since Hernandez first fell into the water.
Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said the Savannah/Chatham dive team is reasonably confident they have located the area Hernandez is in, which is in the vicinity of the I-95 bridge.
They have the cadaver dog out on the water as well.
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