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One Person Rescued, One Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Salisbury
Rescue crews halted operations amid adverse weather after a 47-foot boat sank, leaving one man missing and another treated for non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
- On Saturday, Aug. 23, a boat capsized off Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts around 4 p.m., with two boaters on board.
- A preliminary inquiry found the 47-foot boat left Salisbury Marina and began sinking, while DCR issued Double Red Flags and closed Salisbury Beach to swimming on Saturday due to dangerous rip currents.
- Newburyport Police, Fire Departments, and Fire Marine Unit 2 responded to the Merrimack River at about 4:04 p.m., assisting the U.S. Coast Guard, Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit and Air Wing, and Local Harbormaster.
- A man in his 50s remains unaccounted for, and authorities suspended rescue operations due to adverse weather, while State Police field patrols remain on land.
- Video from the scene showed the boat appearing unoccupied and bobbing in rough surf while crews from Atlantic Ambulance, Salisbury Harbormaster, Newburyport and Salisbury police and fire departments, State Police units, and the United States Coast Guard worked to rescue two people.
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Man unaccounted for after vessel capsizes off Salisbury Beach - Boston News, Weather, Sports
A man remains unaccounted for after a boat capsized off Salisbury Beach on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The state police Marine Unit and Air Wing joined the US Coast Guard in an attempt to rescue the two people who were believed to have been aboard at the time the vessel capsized, according to state police. The owner of the vessel was rescued and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A second person, a man in his 50s, …
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