AUSTIN, Texas – Reports of a possible body floating in Lake Travis Wednesday evening turned out to be a false alarm.

Shortly before 9 p.m. ATC EMS Tweeted that multiple units were responding to a water rescue in the 700 block of Marina Village Cove.

 

Lake Travis firefighters along with STAR Flight assisted Travis County EMS in the search. After conducting an aerial and ground search of the lake and speaking with a witness, authorities determined the object was a mooring buoy.