Coast Guard searching for missing person near Nanticoke River Marina

CRISFIELD, Md. – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 59-year-old male in the waters off the Nanticoke River Friday.

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders received a call at approximately 3 p.m., from a good Samaritan, reporting an aground 20-foot sailing vessel.

The Westside fire department, police department, two boat crews from Maryland Natural Resources Police along with a 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Crisfield and an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City responded to the report and are currently on scene searching for the man.