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| Search after boy jumps from ferry in River Tamar | Search after boy jumps from ferry in River Tamar |
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| A search is under way after a teenage boy jumped from a ferry into a river. | A search is under way after a teenage boy jumped from a ferry into a river. |
| Jordan Cobb, 16, from Plymouth, was spotted jumping from the Torpoint ferry into the River Tamar at 21:15 BST on Monday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. | Jordan Cobb, 16, from Plymouth, was spotted jumping from the Torpoint ferry into the River Tamar at 21:15 BST on Monday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. |
| The coastguard, police and the RNLI conducted an extensive search for him, Ch Insp Ian Drummond Smith said. | The coastguard, police and the RNLI conducted an extensive search for him, Ch Insp Ian Drummond Smith said. |
| He said the police were treating the teenager as a "high risk" missing person and working with the coastguard to try to locate him. | He said the police were treating the teenager as a "high risk" missing person and working with the coastguard to try to locate him. |
| Ch Insp Drummond Smith said: "The river was extensively searched by air and sea for several hours, but there remains a possibility that he managed to swim ashore, and I would ask anyone with information to call the police on 101." | Ch Insp Drummond Smith said: "The river was extensively searched by air and sea for several hours, but there remains a possibility that he managed to swim ashore, and I would ask anyone with information to call the police on 101." |
| Dartmoor Rescue Team is on stand by to join the search which will start again in daylight. |