One Dead, 2 Missing After Boat With 19 Aboard Capsizes In San Francisco Bay

July 14 (Reuters) – One person died and two others were missing on Tuesday after a triple-deck pontoon boat with 19 people aboard capsized near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, officials said.

Eleven vessels continued to search for the two missing people, San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen told a press conference.

Local television news images showed the boat almost completely submerged with its top still above water, then sinking beneath the surface.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it had joined other agencies in the search-and-rescue mission.

The cause of the accident remained unknown, Crispen told reporters near