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Underwater rescue team searching for man after truck drives off ferry in Westport

A Cormorant helicopter and the Canadian Coast Guard is also assisting with the search. File / Global News

An underwater rescue effort is underway in Westport, N.S., after a truck drove off a ferry Monday night.

Nova Scotia RCMP say a truck drove on to the ferry, then off the other end into the water, just after 9:30 p.m.

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Staff at the ferry terminal were able to recover a woman from the water, but later determined there may be a man in the submerged truck.

Police say weather conditions at the time were poor and they were unable to determine whether there was a person still inside.

A Cormorant helicopter and the Canadian Coast Guard is also assisting with the search.

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