Search Resumes For Missing Boater In Trenton Channel

GIBRALTAR (WWJ) - Rescue teams are continuing to search for a woman who presumably drowned while swimming in the Detroit River.

Officials say the woman was boating with friends Wednesday evening along the Trenton Channel, between Trenton and Grosse Ile, when she jumped overboard to take a swim. Her friends told police that she was swept away by strong currents near Calf Island, between Gibraltar and Grosse Isle, and disappeared under the water.  

Downriver Search and Recovery dive team is on the Detroit River looking for a woman, poss. 42 yrs old, who went swimming off a boat and apparently drowned. The search is by Humbug Island in the Trenton Channel, btwn Gibralter and Grosse Isle. @WWJ950 and https://t.co/NcwIrwPs9B. pic.twitter.com/I6V3L3z5Ke

Crews spent the night searching for the woman, said to be in her 40s, but called off efforts around 11 p.m. The search resumed around 7 a.m. Thursday and will continue through the day, weather permitting.

The woman's name was not released. 

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