UPDATE: Search for drowning victim near Rocheport to continue Thursday

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | 9:15 p.m. CST; updated 10:38 p.m. CST, Wednesday, December 17, 2008

COLUMBIA — Recovery operations for 20-year-old John P. Forget of Chesterfield ended Wednesday evening with no results. Forget is suspected of having fallen into the Missouri River after he jumped out of the way of a tractor-trailer Tuesday evening on the Interstate 70 bridge near Rocheport, authorities said. The search will resume Thursday morning, weather permitting.

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