Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing person in Lake Pontchartrain

 

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Office: 504-671-2020 After Hours: 618-225-9008 Eighth District online newsroom

Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for missing person in Lake Pontchartrain

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a missing person near the Highway 11 drawbridge in Lake Pontchartrain.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 7 p.m. stating a pleasure craft with five people aboard allided with the drawbridge and one of the occupants was ejected from the vessel. The other four people were taken to a University Medical Center New Orleans by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for further medical care.

Involved with the search are:

• A Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew
• A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew
• Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Department
• Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

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