Coast Guard searching for person in the water after vessel capsizes

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/19/2019 01:16 AM EDT

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
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Coast Guard searching for person in the water after vessel capsizes

 

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water after a towing vessel capsized at mile marker 55 on the lower Mississippi River north of Point A La Hache, Louisiana, Monday.

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a notification at 8:12 p.m. of the 54-foot inspected towing vessel Seattle Slew capsizing in the Mississippi River near Myrtle Grove Fleet with three people on board. Two people were recovered. One is missing.

Searching are:

  • Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
  • Coast Guard Station Venice 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew
  • Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Department marine asset crew

There is a waterway closure from mile marker 55 to mile marker 58 on the Mississippi River.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.

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