San Diego Fire Rescue officials say at least eight people are dead after a human smuggling boat capsized along Black's Beach in the Torrey Pines area Saturday night.
NBC7 reported that at about 11:30 p.m. SDFD Lifeguards received a 911 call from a person reporting she was on a panga boat with eight people that made it to shore at Black's Beach and that another panga boat with eight to 10 people had capsized and people were in the water.
Officials say dense fog and a high tide made it difficult for lifeguards at first to access the beach but they soon found multiple bodies and two overturned panga boats near Black Gold Road. A fire department helicopter and a Coast Guard cutter took part in the search of the water and beach.
Lifeguards at the scene found seven bodies deceased and while pulling victims from knee-deep water, Customs and Border Protection officers found an eight-person deceased. Several lifejackets, fuel barrels and other debris were found strewn along the sand.
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