3 dead, 27 injured after boat capsizes in California
San Diego Lifeguards performed seven water rescues and one cliffside rescue while the remaining survivors of the overturned boat swam to shore. Author: Tim Blodgett, Kerri Lane (Reporter), CBS News 8 Team Published: 2:15 PM EDT May 2, 2021 Updated: 6:42 PM EDT May 2, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Three people died and 27 others were injured Sunday after a suspected smuggling boat overturned off Point Loma near Cabrillo National Monument, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and Customs and Border Patrol officials. SDFRD described the boat as a 40-foot cabin cruiser.
Emergency crews from multiple agencies responded to the scene near 200 Catalina Blvd. which was first reported around just before 10 a.m., according to SDFRD.
3 dead, more than 20 hospitalized after suspected smuggling vessel overturns off San Diego
Three people are dead and nearly two dozen people were sent to hospitals after a suspected smuggling vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday m.
Posted: May 2, 2021 3:51 PM
Updated: May 2, 2021 5:15 PM
Posted By: CNN
Three people are dead and nearly two dozen people were sent to hospitals after a suspected smuggling vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson Monica Munoz told CNN they received reports of a vessel that overturned near the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma around 10:27 a.m. (1:27 p.m. ET).
A total of 30 people were on the boat, officials said. Most of them were able to walk out to shore but seven of them got sucked into a rip current, Romero said.
“Our goal was just to rescue everyone we can from the water and on the beach and get them out safely and get them transported to the hospital as quickly as we can, Romero said. Video shows a vessel overturned and broken apart that was carrying 30 people in a possible human smuggling operation, officials said.
Three people died at the scene, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue.
At least 27 others were injured and taken to area hospitals for treatment, including Sharp Memorial, Palomar Medical Center West, Alvarado, UCSD Medical Center, Grossmont Hospital, Kaiser Clairemont Mesa, Kaiser Zion and Paradise Valley Hospital, according to SDFD.
Three people died and more than two dozen people were rescued from the water off of the coast of Point Loma Sunday after a vessel overturned and broke apart in.