4 People Rescued From Capsized Motorboat
Incident Occurred In La Jolla At Horseshoe Reef
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Posted: 05/23/2012
Last Updated:
391 days ago
Lifeguards rescued four men who had been aboard a 19-foot motorboat that capsized off La Jolla on Wednesday.
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Lifeguards said the boat flipped over after the driver turned too quickly. They say the boat was weighed down by equipment. The incident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. when a wave hit the boat, roughly 100 yards from shore just north of Marine Street, San Diego lifeguard Lt. Nick Lerma said.Lifeguards rescued the boaters and brought them to lifeguard headquarters in Mission Bay's Quivira Basin.Medics treated two of the men at the scene and took a third to UCSD Medical Center to be checked out.Copyright Do you have more information about this story? Click here to contact usCopyright 2012 by 10News.com. City News Service contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
