FIVE RESCUED FROM CAPSIZED VESSELS
This just in! BOSTON - Five boaters were rescued after their vessels capsized near Nauset Cove, Mass. around 4:30 p.m. today.
Coast Guard Sector South Eastern New England recieved several radio and 911 calls around 3:45 p.m. reporting two overturned vessels near Nauset Cove, Mass. An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter lauched from Air Station Cape Cod and Coast Guard Station Chatham responded with a 32-foot utillity boat. Both units arrived onscene about 4:24 p.m. All five individuals were pulled from the 51-degree water with no reported injuries.
The four individuals from the 17-foot capsized vessel were wearing wet suits and dive gear. The fifth individual from the 14-foot vessel was not wearing cold-water protective gear or a life jacket.
The 14-foot vessel sank but the 17-foot vessel could to be towed back to Coast Guard Station Chatham.
The Coast Guard is working with the area harbormaster to determine the precise location of the sunken 14-foot vessel and the cause of the accident.
More details to follow
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