2 killed, 23 hurt when boat capsizes off San Diego coast

Local lifeguards, the US Coast Guard and other agencies responded around 10.30 am following reports of an overturned vessel near the peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Two patients died at the scene and 23 people were transported to hospitals, the department said in a statement.

Boats and aircraft were still searching around midday for other possible survivors in the water near the Cabrillo National Monument, the department said.