Photo: GUILLERMO ARIAS / AFP / Getty Images
Photo: GUILLERMO ARIAS / AFP / Getty Images
A allegedly smuggled ship capsized and apparently broke up off the coast of Point Loma , in the Californian county of San Diego. At least two people died and more than 20 are hospitalized, according to the authorities.
The emergency teams arrived at the scene shortly before 10: 30 the morning after state park workers found people in water hazard near Cabrillo National Monument.
Multiple people injured after vessel overturns in Point Loma https: // t. co / 1WgcGgASSR
– News (@ 10 News) May 2, 2021
The lifeguards collaborated to get 25 victims of the water, five of them in “ CPR status , “which means they had trouble breathing, said Jose Ysea, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire and Rescue Department.
Two people died and another 23 were taken to nearby hospitals with what Ysea considered “varying degrees of injuries ”. The traffic scanner previously set the number of victims at .
Multiple agencies including @ SDLifeguards rescued people from the water. Sadly, two did not survive. 20 were taken to local hospitals. Federal agencies are still searching the water in vessels and aircraft.
– SDFD (@SDFD) May 2, 2021
Los Angeles Times 1388950339483672580 echoed reports that the victims were traveling in a low panga, a type of boat that traffickers use to bring immigrants to the United States without authorization.
Ysea said that when she arrived at the crash site the first thing she saw was a large “debris field” in the water. “It’s very rocky there, and the waves, while not too high, seemed quite strong,” the spokesperson said. The ship crashed into the rocks.
Several Coast Guard vessels went to the area and were looking for victims, as said by the supervising agent of the Border Patrol, Jeffery Stephenson.
The San Diego Fire Department said it assigned 93 people to work on the accident. They include medics, locomotive crews, and a chaplain.
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