KCBS NEWS – The body of a woman was recovered and two others were believed missing after a boating accident Sunday afternoon in the waters beneath the Cliff House Restaurant in San Francisco, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The accident was reported at 4:46 p.m. near the restaurant, located at 1090 Point Lobos Ave., after restaurant staff reported seeing a boat with people possibly in distress, Coast Guard Lt. Jr. Grade Jeremy Pichette said.
Rachel Aguirre, a hostess at the restaurant, said a server first saw the boat, which she said appeared to be a small sailboat or other kind of small vessel. The server told Aguirre, who notified authorities.
A 47-foot vessel and helicopter from the Coast Guard responded to the area, while National Park Service rangers and San Francisco fire units also responded to assist with the rescue.
The crew on the Coast Guard vessel tried to call out to the boat, but there appeared to be no one onboard, Pichette said. Soon afterward, another call came from the Cliff House with the report of what appeared to be a kite surfer in the water closer to the shore, he said. That man was rescued and taken to a local hospital.
Coast Guard crews responded to that area and saw what appeared to be two people, a man and woman, in the water. The body of the woman was recovered, and the San Francisco medical examiner’s office was notified of her death, according to Pichette.
The body of the man has not been found, but he was seen by authorities as he fell under the water line, Pichette said.
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UPDATE: The Examiner reports that it was a married couple from Contra Costa County that died in the boating accident. The husband washed ashore early Monday morning on Ocean Beach near Balboa. Authorities now believe they were the only two aboard the vessel.
UPDATE #2: The Examiner reports that Jeffery and Elizabeth Easterling of El Sobrante were identified as the people who died in the accident, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office said.
In other news, a kite surfer was rescued at Ocean Beach and later hospitalized.
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