BRISTOL, R.I. (WHDH) – The Coast Guard on Tuesday suspended its search for a woman who reportedly fell off a ferry into Narragansett Bay on Monday night.

The call came in just before 6 p.m. for a woman wearing a yellow jacket falling overboard.

Guardsmen say the woman was riding a ferry that goes between Bristol, Rhode Island, and Prudence Island.

Crews searched 39 square nautical miles over the span of 10 hours, finding no sign of a person in the water.

No further details have been released.

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