At Least 3 Dead After Boat Overturns Near San Diego

At least three people died after a boat overturned near San Diego on Monday, though there were indications that others might still be unaccounted for, officials said.

The authorities received a report of a capsized panga boat at Torrey Pines State Beach just before 7 a.m. on Monday, according to Jorge Moreno, a California State Parks spokesman.

Pangas are open boats that can carry people or drugs.

Crews found 17 life jackets but was it not immediately known how many people were on board, he said. The boat’s point of departure and where it was headed were not immediately known. Details about its passengers were not available.

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday that it was searching for nine people who were missing after it received a report of an overturned vessel.

Three people were found dead at the beach, Mr. Moreno said. Four other people received cardiopulmonary resuscitation and total of three people were taken to a hospital, the authorities said. Their conditions were not immediately known.

The parks department said that search and rescue efforts ended just before 9 a.m. local time.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s office said earlier on social media that its deputies were helping the Coast Guard provide “lifesaving measures” on a beach in Del Mar, Calif., a coastal city north of San Diego.