3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego

A packed boat being used in a suspected human smuggling operation capsized Sunday and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, authorities said.

Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded around 10:30 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.

Seven people were pulled from the waves, including three who drowned, said San Diego Lifeguard Services Lt. Rick Romero. One person was rescued from a cliff and 22 others managed to make it to shore on their own, he said.

A total of 27 people were transported to hospitals with “a wide variety of injuries” including hypothermia, Most of the victims were able to walk themselves to ambulances.

Photos by: AP

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