The US Coast Guard medevaced an injured person through a helicopter and rescued 17 passengers, after a 332-foot yacht collided with a 65-foot sportfisher near the maritime boundary line.
The crew of the 332-foot yacht, Attessa IV collided with the 65-foot sportfisher, Prowler, about nine miles offshore of Imperial Beach, causing extensive damage to the starboard quarter of the sportfisher and multiple injuries.
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A US Coast Guard helicopter crew and a US Coast Guard Station San Diego 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) crew were deployed. The US Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter was also diverted to assist.
The helicopter crew hoisted a critically injured passenger and returned to Sector San Diego where awaiting EMS took the man to UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest in critical condition.
The RB-M crew transferred 17 passengers, 2 reporting injuries, from the Prowler and took them to Sector San Diego.
The remaining ten passengers were transferred to the Attessa IV and will return to San Diego, while the captain remained aboard the Prowler.
The Sea Otter remained on-scene with the Prowler awaiting commercial salvage.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
