Crews are working to recover the body of a missing boater after a boat crashed off the coast Boston’s Castle Island early Saturday morning.U.S. Coast Guard officials say a boat struck a “day marker” buoy in Boston Harbor near Castle Island just before 3 a.m., and the impact caused eight people to fall into the water.Seven of the eight people were rescued by Boston Police Harbor Patrol. Five of them were transported to Boston area hospitals, while two refused to be transferred to a hospital. Boston police say the seven people who were rescued suffered non-life-threatening injuries.According to Boston police, the search for the missing boater is now a recovery operation.U.S. Coast Guard and Massachusetts State Police helicopters are involved in the search for the missing boater’s body.The Boston Fire Department, Boston Police Department and Boston Emergency Medical Services also responded to the scene.
Crews are working to recover the body of a missing boater after a boat crashed off the coast Boston’s Castle Island early Saturday morning.
U.S. Coast Guard officials say a boat struck a “day marker” buoy in Boston Harbor near Castle Island just before 3 a.m., and the impact caused eight people to fall into the water.
Seven of the eight people were rescued by Boston Police Harbor Patrol. Five of them were transported to Boston area hospitals, while two refused to be transferred to a hospital. Boston police say the seven people who were rescued suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
According to Boston police, the search for the missing boater is now a recovery operation.
U.S. Coast Guard and Massachusetts State Police helicopters are involved in the search for the missing boater’s body.
The Boston Fire Department, Boston Police Department and Boston Emergency Medical Services also responded to the scene.