According to reports from the U.S. Coast Guard, a vessel with three people aboard capsized just outside the jetty near Newport, Oregon Friday morning, December 17th.
A U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat Crew and an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew were immediately dispatched to initial reports of a recreational 22-foot pleasure craft approximately a mile off shore just before 10:00am Friday morning.
A man and a woman were pulled from the water, both wearing life vests, and were transferred to medical personnel. A third male was also pulled from the water unconscious and unresponsive and was later pronounced deceased after being transferred to emergency medical services.
No further information has been released at this time.
