The following is text of a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard:
(NEW ORLEANS) — The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water in the Ohio River near Alton, Ind., on Sunday.
Watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley received a report around noon EST that a deck hand from a towing vessel had gone overboard without a life jacket, somewhere between mile marker 675 and mile marker 700.
The male deck hand is described to be in his 50s, about 280 pounds, and 5 feet 10 inches tall.
The Coast Guard is coordinating the search with local agency partners Meade County Fire Department and the Indiana Department of Conservation.
Anyone with information on this case should call Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley at (502) 779-5422.
