FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
A panga boat capsized and broke apart off the coast of the Cabrillo National Monument, Sunday. Three people were dead and 27 others were taken to hospitals. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Capsized boat leaves 3 dead, 27 injured
SAN DIEGO An overloaded boat crashed into a reef and broke apart off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning, leaving at least three people dead and more than two dozen hospitalized in what officials said was a suspected human smuggling attempt.
The boat, described as a 40-foot cabin cruiser, was spotted off the coast of the Point Loma area a short time before 10 a.m. near the Cabrillo National Monument, officials said.
SAN DIEGO
A small boat capsized and apparently broke apart off the coast of Point Loma Sunday morning, leaving at least three people dead and more than two dozen hospitalized in what officials said was a suspected human smuggling attempt
Emergency crews got the call shortly before 10:30 a.m. after parks workers found people in distress in the water near the Cabrillo National Monument, officials said.
Lifeguards helped pull 25 victims from the water, five of whom were in “CPR status,” meaning they were having trouble breathing, said Jose Ysea, a spokesman with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Three people died and 27 others who suffered what Ysea described as “varying degrees of injuries” were taken to local hospitals.