The Coast Guard is in the middle of search for a 75-year-old woman lost in the water in Scituate, MA after her boat capsized.
UPDATE:
Search was called off last night after a body matching her description was recovered unresponsive by the #USCGC Marlin crew. @MassStatePolice verified missing woman by her ID card. Sadly, this is the 6th boater to have lost their life in the northeast this month.#SAR
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) May 23, 2021
Coast Guard officials say the capsized boat was reported to Scituate police at about 5 p.m. Saturday.
#HappeningNow #USCG and @ScituatePolice are actively searching for a 75-year-old female in the water near-to shore in Scituate #MA. A capsized boat was reported in the vicinity at approximately 5pm.
Searching:
Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk.
Local Harbormasters.#SAR— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) May 22, 2021
#BREAKING: Massive search is underway in Sctiuate for a missing woman after a boat overturned in the area of The Spit. You can see the @USCGNortheast helicopter & many rescue boats in this video from Rebecca McGee Tuck. pic.twitter.com/SPTjEXlcHR
— Mike Saccone (@mikesacconetv) May 22, 2021
JUST IN: @ScituatePolice say just after 4:30 this evening they got multiple 911 calls of a boat in distress in the mouth of the North River. Fire, Police & the Harbormaster responded & found the boat with 2 people who were safely brought to shore. A 3rd person is missing. https://t.co/UXdiivtb1y
— Mike Saccone (@mikesacconetv) May 22, 2021
#BREAKING: Active search ongoing for a missing 75 year old woman in the water near Third Cliff in #Scituate Harbor. @USCGNortheast Jayhawk helicopter, several boats, and crews on shore responded after a boat capsized near the shoreline around 5pm. pic.twitter.com/9GGutBOsrm
— Kevin Wiles, Jr (@kwilesjrphoto) May 22, 2021
Search continues for missing woman. Two passengers were in the capsized boat and were rescued.
Additional Agencies:
–@MassStatePolice
–@MAEnviroPolice
–#Uscgc Marlin
–#Station Point Allerton 29′ RBS
-Marshfield Harbormaster
-Local Dive Teams#SAR— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) May 23, 2021
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