Authorities said Sunday they found the bodies of three people went missing after a collision between two boats in Georgia, bringing death losses up up to five. Four more have been rescued, according to the US Coast Guard.
Two people were confirmed dead and three more missing, Department of Georgia of natural resources said in statement.
Several agencies searched for three missing victims using “Sector scanning sonar and divers,” Georgia told the DPR. The three missing were found on Sunday morning around 9 am. in 14 foot water depth and in “Close proximity to each other,” Georgia said to the DPR.
Identities of five victims will not be released until further notice of their families.
Georgia DNR stated in statement that the witnesses said that collision happened when “two centers console boats with total of nine passengers six in one ship and three in another, traveled in opposite directions when they collided.”
Four others people were rescued and taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, the DNR in Georgia reported. The Coast Guard reported. one human in “good state.” There is no other information on their injuries were given. one person with visible leg injury had to raise out of water from a helicopter, according to a video released by the Coast Guard.
collision Happened around 10:30 a.m.on the Wilmington River near the docks of the Oatland Island Wildlife Center where Richardson Creek and the Wilmington River meet in Chatham County,” the Georgia DPR said. The Coast Guard said it was notified. of in crash on good Samaritan at 10:42
The Coast Guard, DNR, Chatham County Marine Patrol, Savannah Fire Department and Chatham Emergency Rescue continue to search. for three missing boatmen.
DPR of Georgia is investigating crash.
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