Four dead, two dozen injured after migrant boat capsizes off San Diego, California coast
A vessel carrying immigrants capsized off the coast of San Diego, California on Sunday, killing four people and injuring another 24. The boat crashed on the rocks of the Point Loma reef near the Cabrillo National Monument, a peninsula on the edge of San Diego Bay and a popular tourist destination. Images and video of the dead and debris went viral online.
Authorities say that the 40-foot cabin cruiser had been pummeled by the surf and broken into pieces by the time they received a call from a commercial boat just before 10 a.m. A rescue boat was dispatched, believing there was only one person on board. By the time it arrived, the vessel had broken into pieces and dozens of people had been thrown into the turbulent ocean.
DOWNTOWN (KUSI) – An investigation was continuing today into an apparent human-smuggling operation involving a boat that overturned in coastal waters near Point Loma over the weekend, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others.
A total of 29 people survived the ocean accident, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, which Monday morning suspended its efforts to locate any other victims at sea.
The accident happened about 10 a.m. Sunday, when the 40-foot trawler-style vessel crashed into the shoreline near Cabrillo National Monument and capsized, according to the Border Patrol. All the occupants jumped in the water as the boat slowly disintegrated, a bystander’s video showed.
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