Coast Guard searching for person in the water in Dulac, Louisiana

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 09/27/2019 08:52 PM EDT

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
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Coast Guard searching for person in the water in Dulac, Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS— The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water in Dulac, Louisiana, Friday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 1 p.m. of a running vehicle with an empty boat trailer at a boat launch near Old Bridge Road with an unmanned vessel drifting nearby.

Sector watchstanders later received a report that a surveillance camera had recorded a man from the vehicle enter the water in Bayou Dulac.

Involved in the search are:

  • A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft—Shallow Water boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle
  • An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans
  • Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office

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