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topicnews · July 16, 2025

The second death reported after the boat off the coast of Santa Barbara

The second death reported after the boat off the coast of Santa Barbara

A second person died after a boat was sunk by Leadbetter Point on Friday, July 11, Lieutenant Ryan Kelly reported on the patrol of Santa Barbara Harbor. Four people had taken the 24-foot boat with the ski jack style on a fishing, when the engine was about two miles away from the point and the captain noticed that the boat was absorbed.

The fishing boat sank within minutes after the Mayday call, but three rescue boats quickly went towards them – two from the Santa Barbara Harbor Patrouille and the Storm diverA NOAA research ship with four crew and a contingent of UCSB students on board. A crew member from the Storm diver Jumped into the water with fins and flotation devices to bring a 6-year-old girl, two unconscious adults and a fourth adult to the waiting ships. Nobody could swim, said Kelly, and only the girl wore a lifestyle.

The CPR started the unconscious adults on board the boats and ashore when they were brought to the Cottage Hospital. Kelly said that both victims died on July 11, but that the forensic doctor just informed the harbor patrol about the second death after informing her about the first death on Monday.

Kelly said the crews had worked to protect the child from the sight of her father who received CPR on board the ship. The college students on board the Storm diver were also visibly upset about the tragedy they experienced and a chaplain was sent to visit her boat, said Kelly, who was an open Pacific.

He added that they had to “drain” many boats when they came from the winter storage. “Sometimes the drainage snakes or the like is missing, and we can usually get to them quickly enough,” said Kelly. The port has signs with lifeline or personal floating devices that are loaned free of charge, said Kelly, but this boat was outside of Asa and may have used it on the Long Beach.

The location of the ship is unknown, although the coast guard swept the area over helicopter, said Kelly. Flotation bags were inflated, he noticed, and it could now drift with the current. The identity of the victims was not published.