KSAR resumes search of Thompson River waters for man who jumped off Overlanders Bridge over the summer

Oct 18, 2025 | 9:17 AM

KAMLOOPS — Residents are being asked to give Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) crews space in the water and along the shores of the Thompson River Saturday (Oct. 18).

In a post to social media, KSAR says it was tasked by the RCMP to actively search the river Saturday as part of ongoing efforts to find Braden Wallace-Peters, the 23-year-old man who jumped from the Overlanders Bridge on July 30.

Witnesses say Wallace-Peters surfaced briefly before disappearing back into the onrushing Thompson River. On July 31, Kamloops RCMP said Wallace-Peters is presumed to have drowned.

Speaking to CFJC Today in August, Nancy Peters, Braden’s mother, said the incident on July 30 was a recreational jump that tragically went wrong.

KSAR resumes search of Thompson River waters for man who jumped off Overlanders Bridge over the summer

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