California Yacht Found Crushed To Pieces

Video: California Yacht Found Crushed To Pieces

Video: California Yacht Found Crushed To Pieces
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California Yacht Found Crushed To Pieces
California Yacht Found Crushed To Pieces
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At least three people died and one went missing on Saturday in an accident during a sailing regatta off the coast of California.

A rescue boat lifts one of the wreckage of the yacht aboar

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According to a US Coast Guard officer, the sailboat collided with a large vessel, presumably a tanker ().

The rescuer who found the dead said that the yacht was crushed to pieces - “as if it had been passed through a meat grinder.” Coast Guard Chief Henry Dunphy said that rescuers continue to search for the missing crew member after finding the wreckage of the sailboat and the bodies of the dead near Coronado Island in Mexico.

The Coast Guard officer assures that the visibility was very good that day, there was no strong wind. Although he does not deny that at night the yacht could have run into any vessel because the route of the regatta passed through the shipping lanes.

The sailboat, the Aegean, took part in the International Yacht Race, which ran from Newport to Ensenada.

The incident is currently being investigated.

gazeta.ru and bbc.co.uk

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