MARSHALL COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a man who was spotted on I-24 near the 28-mile marker.

Police responded to the scene and spotted a man lying on the roadway near the top of the Tennessee River Bridge. After deputies turned around and approach the area the male was gone. A search and rescue mission immediately began on the TN River and later spread out to the land bordering the TN River.

If anyone has any information as to Welsey’s whereabouts, please contact Marshall County E-911 (270)-527-1333.