Four people were rescued after the vessel overturned approximately 29 miles off the Saint Lucie Inlet, the U.S. Coast Guard said
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- One person has died, four have been rescued and five remain missing after a boat capsized off the Florida coast over the weekend, authorities have confirmed
- Those rescued were located approximately 29 miles off the St. Lucie Inlet, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) said in an X post
- The boat was discovered after a good Samaritan reported the incident, the USCG added
One person has died and five remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Florida over the weekend, authorities have said.
On Sunday, April 13, just before 10 a.m. local time, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) responded to reports of an overturned vessel, the Martin County Fire Rescue (MCFR) said in a post on X.
The USCG’s Seventh Coast Guard District confirmed the boat had been found and four people had been rescued approximately 29 miles off the St. Lucie Inlet, per an X post. St. Lucie Inlet is located between Hutchinson Island and Jupiter Island in Martin County.
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The vessel had been found after “a good Samaritan reported the incident,” the USCG added in the post, alongside a photo of the overturned boat.
“A person on board reported the vessel capsized [Friday] and an additional 5 people are still missing. The search is ongoing,” the post concluded.
The MCFR stated that one person had been pronounced deceased out of the five people located and four had been “transported for further evaluation,” per the X post.
“Our units received those four patients via helicopter at the Stuart Airport,” the MCFR added.
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In a further update, the fire rescue team confirmed three of the patients had non life-threatening injuries, while one had serious injuries. They’d all been taken to Cleveland South Hospital for treatment, the X post stated.
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According to Fox-affiliated station WSVN, one of the people on board told rescuers that they’d “taken off from the Bahamas” before the boat capsized on Friday.
