Emergency management personnel recovered the skin of one of the two drowned The boat they were traveling in capsized in the sea Guanilla Y Yako Saturday afternoon.
The Bureau of Emergency Management and Disaster Management (Nmead) posted on his Twitter account The bodies of two unidentified adults were found in a hard-to-access area off Punta Vaguero Beach in Guanyila.. Officials of Nmead and The Municipal Emergency Management Office (OMME) from Guánica, Yauco and Guayanilla managed to remove one of the bodies and at the time of updating this story, they were in the process of removing the second victim from the water.
Marianna KopianA spokesman for Nmead pointed out last night New day That They found the body of the second victim and awaited the arrival of divers to complete the exhumation.. At this time, the relationship between the two victims and the two youths who were traveling in the boat and who reached the shore near Cuanica using life preservers is unknown.
day before yesterday, Ricardo CastrodadJournalist Coast Guardis indicated New day That A vessel known as Jet boat Sailed with four men from Guanilla, but during the voyage they suffered engine trouble.
“They tried to return to Guanilla, but on the way the boat’s second engine was damaged and it capsized. Two of the passengers, aged 16 and 23, reached the shore and were wearing life jackets, but the other two passengers (aged around 40 and 50) did not have life jackets, police said. Young people who have reached the shore,” Castrodad stressed by phone.
Castrodad added that two youths who had reached the shore near Cuanica detained a man on the highway.
“When we received the 9-1-1 call, they told us that around 4:45pm, they received a call from the boat informing them of the situation before the boat turned around. The boat returns in the process of callingCastrodad added.
Coast Guard Spokesperson FURA and The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (tRNA) participated in the search for two adults. A Coast Guard patrol boat and helicopter were also involved in the search.
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