It’s not clear exactly what happened or if the person is expected to be okay.
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Dive teams are responding to a lake in Wheat Ridge Wednesday after police said there was a call for a person in distress.
The Wheat Ridge Police Department said they received a call about a person in distress at the lake near Garrison Street and West 49th Avenue just after 9:30 p.m.
That is near Interstate 70 and Kipling Parkway.
The West Metro Fire Department and Arvada Fire Department brought in their dive teams to assist with the call.
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No other details were released about exactly what happened or whether the person is expected to be ok.
Independence Street was closed between 49th Avenue and 50th Avenue during the response.
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