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Massive weekend search fails to find any sign of missing Central Coast boy

Hundreds of people searched for a missing San Luis Obispo County boy over the weekend, but failed to find any sign of him.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office
Hundreds of people searched for a missing San Luis Obispo County boy over the weekend, but failed to find any sign of him.

Kyle Doan was swept away by floodwaters in San Luis Obispo County during January storm.

A large scale search over the weekend failed to find any sign of a five-year-old boy who was swept away by raging floodwater on the Central Coast in January.

Kyle Doan was in a car with his mother as they were trying to cross San Marcos Creek, near San Miguel. The car became stuck, and started to fill with water. They got out of the car, but he was swept away.

Search teams looked for the boy for weeks, but failed to find him. Over the weekend, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office led a new search effort, involving about 375 people from around the state.

Officials say they will assess the situation to try to determine what is reasonable, and possible going forward.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.