The search for a missing person in the Merrimack River was suspended Wednesday night and will continue Thursday morning, according to officials in Newburyport.

Search and rescue efforts have been ongoing since 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, when the city’s police and fire departments first received reports of a missing person, Newburyport Police Department City Marshal Matthew Simons and Fire Chief Stephen H. Bradbury III said in a statement .

Witnesses said they saw a person clinging to the side of a small skiff boat in the Merrimack River, officials said. First responders located the boat, and divers searched the water, but the missing occupant still has not been found.

More than a dozen teams contributed to the search using drones, helicopters, and sonar scanners, including the U.S. Coa

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