Boat accident off San Diego leaves 3 dead, 27 in hospital
AP, SAN DIEGO, California
Three people were killed and more than two dozen hospitalized on Sunday after a boat capsized and broke apart in rough water just off the coast of San Diego, California, during a suspected human smuggling operation, authorities said.
Lifeguards, the US Coast Guard and other agencies responded at about 10am following reports of an overturned vessel in the waves near the rugged peninsula of Point Loma, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.
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,” Lieutenant Rick Romero of San Diego Lifeguard Services said.
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A suspected smuggling operation that resulted in at least three deaths off the San Diego coast came after the Border Patrol, Coast Guard and other agencies warned that an alarming increase in maritime smuggling could have deadly consequences.
The agencies announced Friday that they were dedicating extra resources to coastal land, sea and air patrols – helicopters and planes – through Monday. Those resources were tapped Sunday when an overloaded cabin cruiser broke apart in rough seas, prompting a harrowing rescue operation near the Cabrillo National Monument.
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3 Killed, 27 Hospitalized After Boat Capsizes off San Diego
Written by ELLIOT SPAGAT and CHRISTOPHER WEBER
A packed boat being used in a suspected human smuggling operation capsized Sunday 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 around 10:30 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.
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