All articles tagged with #boat capsizing
Immigration authorities detained boat captain Manuel Hernandez for illegal entry after a New York Harbor capsizing killed a 27-year-old mother and her 5‑month‑old daughter. Hernandez, previously charged with reckless endangerment leading to death, is accused of lying about his citizenship. Investigators say the overloaded vessel lacked infant life jackets; 14 people were aboard, 12 were rescued and two died.
Federal prosecutors will handle the investigation into a New York Harbor boat crash that killed a mother, Sara Sanchez, and her 5-month-old daughter Antonella Garcia; the captain, Manuel Hernandez, is under scrutiny over whether the 22-foot bowrider operated an illegal charter, as 14 people were aboard near the Statue of Liberty Saturday night and several survivors were rescued in stable condition.
A 22-foot boat capsized in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty at about 10:25 p.m., killing a 5‑month‑old girl, Antonella Garcia, and her mother, Sara Sanchez, both of Queens, with a dozen others rescued. Midtown resident Manuel Hernandez, 46, was arrested on 13 counts of reckless endangerment, and investigators are examining whether the boat was illegally chartered as the probe continues.
In the San Francisco Bay area, the Boisa family marked the ashes of Maria Boisa (who died by suicide in 2015) with a sea burial, but their memorial voyage ended in tragedy when rough seas toppled their boat near Alcatraz, leaving the family grieving a second loss.
A 50-foot boat carrying 20 adults for a memorial service capsized in rough waters near Alcatraz Island. One person died, three remain missing, thirteen were rescued, and three others were hospitalized; a dog on board also died. The vessel had departed from San Francisco's St. Francis Yacht Club, and responders from multiple agencies conducted an extensive search-and-rescue operation that continued through the night.
Geneva Lake police released the ages of the people aboard a boat that capsized during a severe storm. A 47-year-old man operating the boat with 9 others was struck by large waves, causing it to capsize and trapping three children—a 10-year-old girl, a 7-year-old girl, and a 6-year-old boy—in the sunken vessel at 32 feet. They died, while the other survivors included a 75-year-old man, a 73-year-old woman, a 49-year-old woman, a 46-year-old man, a 44-year-old man and a 12-year-old boy from Batavia and Wheaton, Illinois and Fontana, Wisconsin. The incident is under investigation.
Over 200 people, including many students returning to school, died in two separate boat accidents in Congo's Équateur Province, with over 100 missing, highlighting a tragic transportation crisis in the region.
Eleven people, including children and a baby, went missing after a hippopotamus capsized their boat on the Sassandra River in Ivory Coast. The incident highlights the dangers of human-hippo interactions in the region, where around 500 hippos are estimated to live, and boat accidents are common. Search efforts are ongoing to find the missing victims.
Over 60 migrants, mostly Ethiopians, died when their overloaded boat capsized off Yemen's coast while attempting to cross the Gulf of Aden to reach Saudi Arabia, highlighting the dangers faced by migrants on one of the world's riskiest routes amid ongoing regional conflict and humanitarian crises.
Six people died and two are missing after a boat capsized during a thunderstorm on Lake Tahoe, California, with high waves and strong winds contributing to the accident, prompting rescue efforts that recovered some victims and rescued others.
Six people died and two are missing after a boat capsized in Lake Tahoe during a storm, leading to a large-scale search that was eventually suspended; two survivors were rescued, and the incident remains under investigation.
A boat capsized in Lake Tahoe during a storm, resulting in 6 deaths, 2 missing persons, and 2 injured survivors, with the search ending after 12 hours due to dangerous weather conditions.
A boat capsized on Lake Tahoe due to large waves caused by high winds, resulting in six deaths and two missing persons, with rescue efforts ongoing.
A 27-foot boat capsized on Lake Tahoe near D.L. Bliss State Park during a storm with high winds and large swells, resulting in six deaths and two missing persons, with rescue efforts ongoing.
The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting a search for five individuals missing after a fishing boat capsized in the cold seas off Point Couverden, near Juneau, Alaska. The search is complicated by a winter storm warning in the region. Further details are awaited as the Coast Guard continues its efforts.