2 killed, 23 hurt when boat capsizes off San Diego coast
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SAN DIEGO – Two people were killed and nearly two dozen others were hospitalized after a boat capsized Sunday just off the San Diego coast, authorities said.
Local lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded around 10:30 a.m. following reports of an overturned vessel near the peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Two patients died at the scene and 23 people were transported to hospitals, the department said in a statement.
Boats and aircraft were still searching around midday for other possible survivors in the water near the Cabrillo National Monument, the department said.
San Diego boat capsized: At least 3 dead, 27 hospitalized in suspected smuggling operation, authorities say Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY
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At least three people were killed and 27 were hospitalized when a boat overturned Sunday off the San Diego coast during a suspected human smuggling operation, authorities said.
San Diego fire officials and other agencies responded to a call Sunday morning that a commercial vessel looked to be in trouble, Fire Rescue lifeguard Lt. Rick Romero said in a news conference. Once we arrived on scene, the boat had been basically broken apart, he said, adding that the boat was determined to be a 40-foot cabin cruiser with at least 30 people on board.
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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.