{"id":107044,"date":"2024-09-03T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/one-dead-two-missing-in-major-marine-incident-off-connecticut-coast\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:04:27","slug":"one-dead-two-missing-in-major-marine-incident-off-connecticut-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/one-dead-two-missing-in-major-marine-incident-off-connecticut-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead, two missing in \u2018major marine incident\u2019 off Connecticut coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-09-03\/GETTY_32322_AmbulanceNight%20%286%29.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Piccell\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; One person is dead and two people have been reported missing with several others injured in what authorities are describing as a \u201cmajor marine incident\u201d that has caused \u201cmass casualty\u201d in Connecticut, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The North Madison Volunteer Fire Department says that the three people reported missing do not have life jackets and that multiple personnel and ambulances from the towns surrounding Old Saybrook, where the incident is currently ongoing, are assisting with the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities responded to the boating accident at approximately 9:15 p.m. Monday and discovered a single motorboat floating, half-submerged, near the Harbor One Marina in Old Saybrook. There was significant damage to the boat, which hit the east-facing jetty at the mouth of the Connecticut River.<\/p>\n<p>A total of nine people were on the boat. An adult male was recovered deceased, and six people were taken to the hospital for treatment. As of 1 a.m., two people were still being searched for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA mass casualty incident describes an incident in which emergency medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties,\u201d the North Madison Volunteer Fire Department said in a follow up statement online describing the operation.<\/p>\n<p>No other details about the cause of the accident or the identities of the victims have been made available and the incident is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piccell\/Getty Images (NEW YORK) &#8212; One person is dead and two people have been reported missing with several others injured in what authorities are describing as a \u201cmajor marine incident\u201d that has caused \u201cmass casualty\u201d in Connecticut, officials said. The North Madison Volunteer Fire Department says that the three people<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/one-dead-two-missing-in-major-marine-incident-off-connecticut-coast\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}