One person died and two others were missing on Tuesday after a triple-deck pontoon boat with 19 people aboard capsized near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, officials said.
Eleven vessels continued to search for the two missing people, San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen told a press conference.
Local television news images showed the boat almost completely submerged with its top still above water, then sinking beneath the surface.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it had joined other agencies in the search-and-rescue mission.
The cause of the accident remained unknown, Crispen told reporters near the scene. Contrary to early reports, there was no fire on board, he said.
A police boat was the first rescue vessel to arrive and officials found a severely injured patient, Crispen said. The patient died despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation, he said.
Of the 19 people on board, 13 were safely on shore, three were taken to hospital, one died, and two remained missing, he said. “We are still conducting an active search of the area,” Crispen said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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