At least two folks died and almost two dozen others had been hospitalized after a ship overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning, the authorities stated.

The San Diego Fire Department said that 25 folks had been rescued from the water. Two individuals who had been rescued died on the scene, and the opposite 23 had been taken to hospitals. It was not instantly clear if anybody else was unaccounted for. The Fire Department stated on Sunday afternoon that rescuers had been persevering with to go looking the water within the space the place the boat had capsized.

The accident was first reported round 10:30 native time close to Point Loma, a peninsular outcropping close to the doorway to the San Diego Bay. Later reviews gave a extra exact location close to the Cabrillo National Monument, on the peninsula’s southern tip.

It was not instantly clear the place the boat had sailed from or what its vacation spot was.

San Diego firefighters, San Diego lifeguards and federal companies, together with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Coast Guard, assisted within the rescue effort.