As of 10:35 a.m., the Coast Guard said they’ve exhausted every possibility after searching for the missing man for over 28 hours.
PORT ARANSAS, Texas — The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed they’ve suspended search and rescue efforts for a missing person in Port Aransas Sunday morning.
As of 10:35 a.m., the Coast Guard said they’ve exhausted every possibility after searching for the missing man for nearly 44 hours and covered more than 127m square miles.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard Port Aransas Chief Anthony Sofo, they were actively searching for a 24-year-old man with light brown hair and blue eyes near the Port Aransas Ship Channel. He was reported to be in the water after the crash that involved recreational vessel and a commercial tanker.
The Coast Guard confirmed one person is dead and two people were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Sofo said the family of all men involved in the crash were notified.
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Torrey Bertheau said a samaritan reported the crash at 6 a.m. and at the time of the collision four men were on the boat at the intersection of Aransas Pass and the Lydia Ann Channel.
“The Coast Guard immediately took action, provided a broadcast, launched a helicopter, launched a small boat from the Station Port Aransas and took three people that were recovered from the water to Station Port Aransas,” Bertheau said.
The cause of the crash continues to be investigated.
“Coast Guard investigated efforts into the serious marine incident are ongoing, so that is happening right now,” Bertheau said. “At the same time we do not know the cause but we’re investigating. But our primary, top priority is search and rescue trying to locate the one individual that is unaccounted for.”
The Port Aransas Ship Channel has been reopened to all intercoastal water wave traffic, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Several rescue crews helped in the search effort are listed below:
- Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi
- Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi
- Coast Guard Station Port Aransas
- Coast Guard Cutter Manta
- Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Aransas Pass Police Department
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Port of Corpus Christi Police Department
- Good Samaritan boaters
3News will update this article with more information as it becomes available.
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