1 dead, 8 hospitalized as boat swamped in suspected migrant smuggling attempt off San Diego coast
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One person has died and eight people were hospitalized after a suspected human smuggling attempt led to a water rescue off the coast of San Diego, authorities said.
One person has died and eight people were hospitalized after a suspected migrant smuggling attempt led to a water rescue off the coast of San Diego, authorities said. A U.S. Border Patrol agent spotted a panga-style vessel with several people on board traveling north near Point Loma shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday, U.S. Border Patrol said in a statement. Agents then spotted several people who had disembarked the boat in distress in the water near the Children’s Pool beach in La Jolla. Responding lifeguards from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Lifeguard Division rescued 10 people "in rough water conditions," the San Diego Fire Department said in a statement. Some were wearing life vests, it said. Eight of those rescued were brought to four local hospitals. The department did not know their condition due to privacy laws, it said.More Related News