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WARWICK, R.I. -- Rescue crews are searching the waters of Upper Narragansett Bay Monday evening for a missing clammer.

The clammer, whom authorities have not yet named, called a friend about 1:30 p.m. saying that he was having engine trouble and that his 19-foot skiff was in danger of taking on water, said Kurt Blanchard, deputy chief of enforcement for the state Department of Environmental Management.

Search and rescue crews -- including a Coast Guard helicopter -- are concentrating their efforts north of Prudence Island and along the western shore of the Bay near Quonset Point, said Blanchard.

Crews from Warwick, Cranston and North Kingstown marine safety units were also participating in the search along with DEM personnel.

The original version of this story was posted at 4:11 p.m.

 Tags  Cranston RI North Kingstown RI Warwick RI

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