St. Augustine officials search for missing person after reported crash near Bridge of Lions

FILE - A police vehicle flashes its lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (Matt Rourke, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – St. Augustine officials launched a search Sunday evening for a missing person following a reported crash near the Bridge of Lions.

Officials responded around 8:50 p.m., after receiving a call about a watercraft crashing into a buoy, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue.

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The search prompted the temporary closure of The Bridge of Lions. By 10:25 p.m., the St. Augustine Police Department announced that the bridge had reopened to traffic.

The search for the operator remains ongoing.

This is a developing story.


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