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Bahamian authorities are currently conducting a search operation for an American woman who reportedly fell from a dinghy and was carried away by the water while boating with her husband.
According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the couple had embarked on their boating excursion at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Hope Town area of Abaco, an island in the Bahamas. The woman’s husband, who has not been named, shared this information with the police.
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(NewsNation) — Bahamian authorities are searching for an American woman who allegedly fell off a dinghy and was swept away while she and her husband were boating.
The unnamed woman and her husband boarded an 8-foot dinghy around 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hope Town district of Abaco, an island in the Bahamas, the husband told the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
The pair were headed to Elbow Cay, roughly 2.5 miles away, when she reportedly fell overboard with the boat keys, the husband told police.
Since the keys were with her, the boat shut off, the husband said. He said strong currents carried her away, and then he paddled the vessel back toward shore.
The husband arrived back ashore at Marsh Harbour Boat Yard around 4 a.m. the following day, where he told someone what had happened and the police were called.
It’s unclear if or when responding agencies in the Bahamas plan to identify the couple.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the incident to call 911, 919 or their nearest police station.