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Sunday, May 02, 2021 11:38 pm
3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego
ELLIOT SPAGAT and CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Associated Press
SAN DIEGO Three people were killed and more than two dozen others were hospitalized Sunday after a boat capsized and broke apart in rough water just off the San Diego coast during a suspected human smuggling operation, authorities said.
Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded around 10 a.m. following reports of an overturned vessel in the waves near the rugged peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
The original call was for a handful of people overboard but as rescuers arrived in boats and jet skis they quickly realized “it was going to be a bigger situation with more people,” said San Diego Lifeguard Services Lt. Rick Romero.
By ELLIOT SPAGAT AND CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Associated Press | Published: May 2, 2021 SAN DIEGO A packed boat suspected of being used in a human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, authorities said. Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded Sunday following reports of an overturned vessel in the waves near the rugged peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The original call was for a handful of people overboard but as rescuers arrived in boats and Jet Skis they quickly realized it was going to be a bigger situation with more people, said San Diego Lifeguard Services Lt. Rick Romero.
People were pulled from the water and others made it to shore on their own.
The Coast Guard searched overnight and suspended the work Monday, saying 32 people had been accounted for. Three were declared dead and 29 were alive, including one who remained hospitalized in critical condition.
The local coroner s offices listed the dead as a 41-year-old woman, a 35-year-old woman and a man of unknown age. No identities were released.
“Once we arrived on scene, the boat had basically been broken apart,” Romero said. “Conditions were pretty rough: 5 to 6 feet of surf, windy, cold.”
Romero said there were a wide variety of injuries,” including hypothermia. Most of the victims were able to walk themselves to ambulances, he said.
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