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Calif. – Two sailboats person died, and several others were hospitalized after a boat capsized near Bodega Bay on Monday, authorities said.
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a boater in distress at 1:45 p.m. The boat capsized with five people on board near Salmon Creek, close to Bodega Bay.
Five people were located and rescued, but one of them was pronounced dead, according to sheriff’s officials. The other four were transported to a local hospital, with their conditions unknown.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, the sheriff’s department said.
The Sonoma County Fire District, the Coast Guard and CHP’s helicopter also responded to this incident.
This incident is the latest fatal boating tragedy near Bodega Bay. On Nov. 2, a boat carrying six relatives overturned, leaving a 13-year-old boy as the sole
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The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday suspended its search for five people believed to be aboard a fishing boat that capsized in cold waters in the Gulf of Alaska.
After searching for nearly a day and covering more than 108 square nautical miles, the Coast Guard said it “made the very difficult decision” to suspend search efforts, pending any new information. Crews were battling challenging conditions as the area where the boat capsized was hit with heavy snow, winds up to 45 to 60 mph, and 6-foot seas.
“We stand in sorrow and solidarity with the friends and family of the people we were not able to find over the past 24 hours,” Chief Warrant Officer James Koon, a search and rescue mission coordinator at Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska, said Monday. “Our collective hearts are with the friends and families of those who are experiencing the effects from this loss.”
On Sunday, the Coast Guard began its search after the fishing boat crew Wind Walker sent a mayday call at about 12:10 a.m. local time. The Wind Walker’s crew reported that the 50-foot boat was overturning near Point Couverden, southwest of Alaska’s capital city of Juneau.
According to the Coast Guard, an emergency position-indicating radio beacon registered to the boat was also activated and alerted them that the distress signal originated just south of Point Couverden in the Icy Strait. Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska watchstanders then attempted to gather more information but received no response from the boat’s crew.
With the help of good Samaritans, the Coast Guard said it mobilized a response that included various search assets. The state ferry Hubbard overheard the Coast Guard’s urgent marine information broadcast and was the first to reach the scene.
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