No sign of man who may have drowned in Modesto

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There were no signs Friday afternoon of a missing man who presumably drowned in the Tuolumne River near the Ninth Street Bridge on Thursday in Modesto, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department.

The unidentified white man was last seen about 2:20 p.m. floating facedown and unresponsive in the river before his body disappeared under the water, said sheriff's Lt. Mike Parker. The missing man appeared to be in his 70s.

Parker said the man appeared to be a transient.

Modesto Bee - Modesto Fire Department river rescue team Kelly Syble (front) and Capt. Ryan Winton on the Tuolumne River at the low head dam under the 9th Street bridge looking for the body of an individual that is thought to have slipped into the river, Thursday afternoon. October 22, 2009 (BART AH YOU/bahyou@modbee.com)

River search under way in Modesto for missing man

Officials ask anyone with information about the missing man to call the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department at 525-7114. Anyone who sees a body in the river is asked to call 911.