An 18-year-old Havre de Grace man has been missing since Wednesday evening after his small aluminum boat was found overturned in the Susquehanna River near Garrett Island.
What’s happening: Mark Everett Coates III was last seen Wednesday around 5 p.m. operating a 10-foot aluminum jon boat near the Hatem Memorial Bridge on US 40. He had launched from the Water Street Boat Ramp in Havre de Grace. His boat was found capsized Thursday morning, prompting a search of the river. Coates was last seen wearing a chartreuse long-sleeved t-shirt and blue jeans.
What’s new: Search crews using dive teams and aircraft are now working the stretch of the Susquehanna River between the US 40 bridge and the I-95 bridge.
What this means for you: Boaters should stay out of the Susquehanna River between the US 40 and I-95 bridges while the search is active. Anyone with information about Coates’s whereabouts should call Maryland Natural Resources Police at (410) 260-8888.
The path forward: The search is ongoing. No additional details about conditions at the time of the disappearance have been released.