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| Three people killed after small boat capsizes off San Diego coast | |
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| Boat overturned by high surf near California left four others injured and US Coast Guard searching for nine missing | Boat overturned by high surf near California left four others injured and US Coast Guard searching for nine missing |
| Three people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned early on Monday in high surf off the coast of San Diego, California. | Three people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned early on Monday in high surf off the coast of San Diego, California. |
| Vessels and helicopters with the US Coast Guard were searching for the missing while the four injured were sent to hospitals, authorities said. Coast Guard officials said they did not know where the 12ft (3.7-meter) boat was coming from before it flipped. | Vessels and helicopters with the US Coast Guard were searching for the missing while the four injured were sent to hospitals, authorities said. Coast Guard officials said they did not know where the 12ft (3.7-meter) boat was coming from before it flipped. |
| Hikers and others at Torrey Pines state beach reported seeing a boat capsize near the shore at about 6.30am, said Lt Nick Backouris of the San Diego sheriff’s department. | Hikers and others at Torrey Pines state beach reported seeing a boat capsize near the shore at about 6.30am, said Lt Nick Backouris of the San Diego sheriff’s department. |
| “A doctor hiking nearby called in and said: ‘I see people doing CPR on the beach, I’m running that way,’” Backouris said. | “A doctor hiking nearby called in and said: ‘I see people doing CPR on the beach, I’m running that way,’” Backouris said. |
| Chris Sappey, a petty officer for the US Coast Guard, said it was unclear where the boat was coming from before it flipped shortly after sunrise about 35 miles (56km) north of the Mexico border. He described the vessel as a panga. Pangas are open fishing boats commonly used by smugglers. | Chris Sappey, a petty officer for the US Coast Guard, said it was unclear where the boat was coming from before it flipped shortly after sunrise about 35 miles (56km) north of the Mexico border. He described the vessel as a panga. Pangas are open fishing boats commonly used by smugglers. |
| “They were not tourists,” Sappey said. “They are believed to be migrants.” | “They were not tourists,” Sappey said. “They are believed to be migrants.” |
| Winds were light in the area, with slow-rolling waves reaching about 6ft (1.8 meters), according to Sebastian Westerink, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in San Diego. The water temperature was 63F (17C), he said.A bulldozer moved the panga on the beach as the search was under way. The wooden dinghy that was over 20ft long (6 meters) had scuffed blue paint and wooden planks for seats. Inside the boat were a pair of running shoes, more than a dozen life vests, an empty waterproof cell phone bag and various water bottles. Its single engine was visibly damaged.Smuggling off the California coast has long been a risky alternative for migrants to avoid heavily guarded land borders. Small boats with single or twin engines known as “pangas” leave from the Mexican coast in the dead of night, sometimes charting hundreds of miles north.In 2023, eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach amid heavy fog. One boat capsized in the surf. It was one of the deadliest maritime smuggling cases in waters off the US coast. | Winds were light in the area, with slow-rolling waves reaching about 6ft (1.8 meters), according to Sebastian Westerink, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in San Diego. The water temperature was 63F (17C), he said.A bulldozer moved the panga on the beach as the search was under way. The wooden dinghy that was over 20ft long (6 meters) had scuffed blue paint and wooden planks for seats. Inside the boat were a pair of running shoes, more than a dozen life vests, an empty waterproof cell phone bag and various water bottles. Its single engine was visibly damaged.Smuggling off the California coast has long been a risky alternative for migrants to avoid heavily guarded land borders. Small boats with single or twin engines known as “pangas” leave from the Mexican coast in the dead of night, sometimes charting hundreds of miles north.In 2023, eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach amid heavy fog. One boat capsized in the surf. It was one of the deadliest maritime smuggling cases in waters off the US coast. |