HAMILTON (Mercer) — Police on Wednesday evening were searching for a 17-year-old township boy who went missing after going swimming in a lake.

Police said the teen went missing in Rowan Lake and Crosswicks Creek in Roebling Park. The bodies of water connect to the Delaware River.

Police had not released the name of the missing teen and were still looking for him after 8 p.m.

Police told The Trentonian that he went missing after a short storm about 5 p.m.

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