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CLARKSVILLE, IN (WAVE) - Late Thursday night, emergency crews were attempting to locate a Clarksville man missing in the Ohio River near Harrison Avenue boat ramp.
Around 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Indiana conservation officers say a 19-year-old man and a 12-year-old boy were wading in waist-high water along the Indiana shore when both of them encountered some type of distress and went into the Ohio River.
A witness, who was out on a boat, saw the two go into the water, heard cries for help and called emergency crews to the scene. A short time later, the 12-year-old was able to make it to the shore. As of 11:30 p.m., there had been no sign of the 19-year-old, identified as Ryan Dehn of Clarksville.
Indiana State Police and Indiana Conservation officers continued to search the Ohio River using side-scan sonar equipment.
"It's very dangerous in the Ohio River, even if there is not much current at all, because of the debris and the fossil beds right here," said Mac Spainhour, an Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation officer. "So this (the side-scan sonar) is able to go down and if we can locate something, then we can drop the divers straight down."
The side-scan sonar technology will allow crews to continue searching throughout the night.
The 12-year-old, who is also from Clarksville, was taken to a local hospital for treatment
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