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A PTL Marine employee was missing near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers after his boat capsized March 3. Tyler Morgan, 23, of LaCenter, Ky., was operating a 26-foot crew boat owned by PTL Marine grocery boat several miles upstream from the Wickliffe, Ky, boat ramp and had dropped a person off onto a tow, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Sgt. Daniel Richardson said. About 3:40 p.m., while the boat was moored, it capsized. Morgan was the only person on board, witnesses told conservation officers. Petty Officer Third Class Riley Perkof-ski, a Coast Guard public affairs officer, said the mv. Luke Barton reported a man overboard at Mile 981 of the Ohio River from a 26-foot crew boat. The Luke Barton is owned by Canal Barge Company of New Orleans, La., according to the 2022 Inland River Record. The Coast Guard closed the river between Ohio River Mile 981 and Lower Mississippi River Mile 950 while it as- sisted in search efforts. The river was reopened the next day. Morgan was reported to be wearing a personal floatation device, but it was not zipped or buckled at the time, Richardson said. The boat was recovered with assistance from a crane on a nearby barge. |