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<p>Emergency crews launched water rescue efforts Saturday night after receiving reports that someone either fell or jumped from the Carey Avenue Bridge connecting Hanover Township and Plymouth Township just before 9:30 p.m.</p><p>By 10:30 p.m., police confirmed that there were sightings of someone in the river and rescue workers were trying to get a sighting on the victim at the Broadway Street Bridge in Nanticoke.</p><p>According to personnel at the Broadway Street Bridge, efforts there failed and rescue workers were heading farther downstream toward Shickshinny.</p><p>Hunlock Township fire personnel were dispatched to the Shickshinny boat launch at about 10:37 p.m., according to Luzerne County 911 radio reports.</p><p>Berwick fire and rescue crews were dispatched around 11 p.m., indicating that the victim might have been swept downstream into Columbia County.</p><p>However, emergency personnel were still searching the river in Luzerne County, as personnel on the bridge over the river at the State Correctional Institution at Retreat were shining spotlights onto the river as of 11:20 p.m.</p><p>Check back to timesleader.com for updates.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Emergency personnel use spot lights to search for a person in the Susquehanna River from the Carey Avenue Bridge in Larksville on Saturday night. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader) </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_RiverSearch_120174203716608-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Emergency personnel use spot lights to search for a person in the Susquehanna River from the Carey Avenue Bridge in Larksville on Saturday night. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader) </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_RiverSearch_520174203747723-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Emergency responders from Plymouth Rescue search the Susquehanna River by boat down river from the UGI Hunlock Creek Power Station on Saturday night. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader) </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_RiverSearch_520174203747723-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Emergency responders from Plymouth Rescue search the Susquehanna River by boat down river from the UGI Hunlock Creek Power Station on Saturday night. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader) </caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_RiverSearch_620174203758579-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Emergency responders from Plymouth Rescue search the Susquehanna River near the SCI Retreat bridge. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader) </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_RiverSearch_620174203758579-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Emergency responders from Plymouth Rescue search the Susquehanna River near the SCI Retreat bridge. (Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader) </caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Melanie Mizenko</p><p>mmizenko@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Melanie Mizenko at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TL_MMizenko.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Emergency crews launch water rescue on Susquehanna River