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Vehicle found at the bottom of a Kansas lake

SCOTT CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — A vehicle has been recovered from the bottom of a Kansas lake. It happened Monday at Lake Scott State Park north of Scott City. A fisherman spotted the vehicle under the water on the north side of the lake and called the Scott County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office began coordinating the state game wardens for the park. Scott County Emergency Management reached out to the Garden City Fire Department to request mutual aid from their dive team. Police warn of QR code package scam The team, composed of Acting Lieutenant Josh Delehant and firefighters Brent Petersen, Colby Biernacki, and JR Rivas, was able to locate the vehicle under the water. They were able to attach a line to allow for a towing company to pull it from the water. The Garden City Fire Dive Team prepares to recover a vehicle from the bottom of Lake Scott on 5/5/2025 The Garden City Fire Dive Team prepares to recover a vehicle from the bottom of Lake Scott on 5/5/2025 The Garden City Fire Dive Team works to recover a vehicle from the bottom of Lake Scott on 5/5/2025 The Garden City Fire Dive Team works to recover a vehicle from the bottom of Lake Scott on 5/5/2025 The Garden City Fire Dive Team recovers a vehicle from the bottom of Lake Scott on 5/5/2025 The Garden City Fire Dive Team recovers a vehicle from the bottom of Lake Scott on 5/5/2025 A photo from the sonar screen of Carolyn Westeman, one of the people who discovered the vehicle in the water and contacted authorities. It's unknown how long the vehicle may have been underwater, but it appears to have been there for some time. One of the dive team firefighters posted a photo of a can of Diet Pepsi found inside the vehicle with a label design that first appeared in the mid-to-late 1980s. The Scott City Fire Department was on scene to help clean up the vehicle to try to identify its owner. It's not known yet how it ended up in the lake. No one was found inside the vehicle, but EMS was on the scene on standby as a precaution. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KSN-TV.