First responders in Salisbury and Newburyport are looking for a lacking boater after a vessel capsized within the Merrimack River, officers reported late Saturday.
At about 4:04 p.m. Saturday, responders from the Newburyport Hearth, Police and Harbormaster responded to the Merrimack River on reviews of a capsized boats, helping the U.S. Coast Guard.
Two folks on a 47-foot vessel had left from the Salisbury Marina earlier than the boat started taking up water and sinking, Newburyport Police and Hearth reported of the preliminary investigation.
One particular person on board on the time of the incident was rescued by the Coast Guard and brought to an space hospital by medical helicopter, the departments acknowledged. Officers didn’t instantly give updates in regards to the particular person’s situation Sunday.
The opposite passenger remained lacking as of late Saturday.
Officers mentioned the Coast Guard, Massachusetts State Police Air Wing, Newbury Police and Hearth, Salisbury Police, Salisbury Hearth, Salisbury Harbormaster, and Atlantic Ambulance had been offering mutual support on Saturday.
The boat had sunk into the Merrimack River as of Saturday evening whereas public security officers remained on scene.
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