WASHINGTON — Rescuers are searching for a middle-aged Upper Marlboro man who went missing after聽a boat accident Sunday just north of the Chesapeake 聽Bay Bridge.
According to Maryland National Resources Police, 聽the man was one of six people in a boat聽that聽聽filled with water and sunk.聽A passerby on a sailboat rescued people from the water, but the man was not among them.
Police聽said the聽missing聽man聽was wearing a red shirt.聽Anne Arundel Fire and Rescue said聽a man fitting that description was seen swimming in the Bay, but he was pulled under the water.
The Coast Gaurd, Anne Arundel Fire and Rescue, and Maryland State Police are assisting the Maryland Natural Resources Police in the search.
Among those rescued聽was the missing man’s son, police said.
