Crime & Safety
Missing Boater Search in Buzzards Bay
Rescuers searched Buzzards Bay for a possible missing boater after a boat was found with the throttle engaged and no one on board.
Rescue crews descended on Buzzards Bay off Cape Cod Saturday after a boat was discovered with the throttle engaged and no one aboard.
Authorities said whoever was aboard may have fallen in the water off the coast of Marion.
The Buzzards Bay Marine Task Force responded to the bay at about 4 p.m. and searched through the night but didn't find anything.
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The search will resume Sunday morning.
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NBFD AND BUZZARDS BAY TASK FORCE conducting S.A.R. Operations off Marion for vessel found with no one aboard pic.twitter.com/iY8WenH4Y8
— NewBedfordFireDept (@NBMAFIRE) June 11, 2016
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