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Monday, April 07, 2008

NPD NEWS RELEASE
040508 1900
Incident: Water Rescue Case: 08N-01071

Location: SW Bay Blvd/Port Dock 3

Date/Time: 040508 / 1245 AM

Victim: Clough, Tracy Allen 42 YOA of Newport, OR

Details:

On 040508, at about 1245 AM, a Newport police officer was on patrol in the area of SW Bay Blvd and Hatfield Dr. and could hear a person yelling for help. With the assistance of two Lincoln County SO deputies, a search was conducted. A male subject was found in the water at the Port Dock 3 facility where he was clinging to a mooring line. The officers were able to reach the man and pull him from the water. The victim was identified as Tracy Allen Clough of Newport and that he had been in the water for a significant amount of time. Clough was treated on scene by Newport FD personnel and transported by PacWest Ambulance and admitted to SPCH.

There was no evidence of any crime in this incident. It appears