4 dead, over two dozen hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego during suspected human smuggling operation
California
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by: Associated Press, Sara Welch
Posted: May 2, 2021 / 12:44 PM PDT / Updated: May 2, 2021 / 11:56 PM PDT


Four people were killed and more than two dozen others were hospitalized Sunday after a boat capsized and broke apart in rough water just off the San Diego coast during a suspected human smuggling operation, authorities said.

Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded around 10 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.

“There are people in the water, drowning, getting sucked out the rip current there,” he said.-- excerpt, rest at link above --