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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 major search is continuing for a teenage boy who jumped from a ferry into a river on New Year's Eve. | A major search is continuing for a teenage boy who jumped from a ferry into a river on New Year's Eve. |
Jordan Cobb, 16, from Plymouth, Devon, jumped from the Torpoint ferry into the River Tamar at 21:15 GMT on Monday. | Jordan Cobb, 16, from Plymouth, Devon, jumped from the Torpoint ferry into the River Tamar at 21:15 GMT on Monday. |
An air, land and sea search was called off at 02:00 GMT, but resumed at daylight. | An air, land and sea search was called off at 02:00 GMT, but resumed at daylight. |
Devon and Cornwall Police said Jordan was believed to be with a group of friends when he jumped. | Devon and Cornwall Police said Jordan was believed to be with a group of friends when he jumped. |
Nigel Bunker, a station officer for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said Jordan was captured on the ferry's CCTV going into the water, but there have been no sightings of him since. | |
Family 'distraught' | |
The ferry was approaching Torpoint at the time of the incident, but the search has now been extended to include the Plymouth side of the river. | |
Jordan is being treated as a "high risk" missing person. | |
Sgt Mike Hope, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said his family was being kept fully informed about the search. | |
"They are obviously very distraught at the moment and are really just waiting for news - it's a very distressing time for them," he told BBC News. | "They are obviously very distraught at the moment and are really just waiting for news - it's a very distressing time for them," he told BBC News. |
Coastguard rescue teams, a helicopter, police and Ministry of Defence launches, Dartmoor Rescue Group and Plymouth's all-weather and inshore lifeboats are all involved in the search. | |
The Torpoint Ferry, which is pulled across the River Tamar on chains, is one of the main ways to travel between Devon and Cornwall. |