At least three people are dead and two are injured after a boat overturned off New York’s Staten Island on Sunday, officials said.
Officials from the New York Fire Department, the New York Police Department and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to the Ambrose Channel after the NYPD got a distress call around noon.
The boat capsized in the Newport Walk area known as Breezy Point, the NYPD said.
Six people were reportedly in the water after the boat capsized, the FDNY said.
Five people were rescued from the boat in the water and taken to local hospitals, where three died, the NYPD said. One person is in critical condition and another is in stable condition.
The agencies were searching Sunday evening for anyone who may still be in the water. The FDNY said one person is still missing, but the NYPD could not confirm.
There is no additional information on the victims and it was not immediately clear what kind of boat capsized.
It also was not clear exactly what happened, but the NYPD said it doesn’t appear another vessel bumped into the boat. The investigation is ongoing.
