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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 major search has resumed for a teenage boy who jumped from a ferry into a river on New Year's Eve.
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, Devon, jumped from the Torpoint ferry into the River Tamar at 21:15 GMT on Monday.
The coastguard, police and the RNLI conducted an extensive search for him, Ch Insp Ian Drummond Smith said. An air, land and sea search was called off at 02:00 GMT, but resumed at daylight.
He said the police were treating the teenager as a "high risk" missing person and working with the coastguard to try to locate him. Devon and Cornwall Police said Jordan was being treated as a "high risk" missing person.
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 Ian 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 standby to join the search which will start again in daylight. The search involves coastguard rescue teams, police launches and Plymouth's all weather and inshore lifeboats.
Dartmoor Rescue Group is also on standby.