Louisville first responders found a vehicle in the Ohio River late Nov. 29, though no one was located inside, Louisville Metro Police Department spokesperson Aaron Ellis said.

Officers from LMPD's First Division responded to a call of a water rescue near the Great Lawn of Waterfront Park around 7:30 p.m., Ellis said. A tugboat crew reported seeing a vehicle enter the river near Joe's Crab Shack.

While First Division officers searched the waterfront grounds, a crew from the Louisville Fire Department launched a boat to help with the investigation, Ellis said. LMPD's River Unit stopped traffic on the river while the search for a vehicle continued.

Around 9 p.m., first responders located a vehicle and searched through it, Ellis said. Though no one was found inside, rescue teams planned to

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