Two people have died after their fishing boat capsized on Chesapeake Bay Saturday morning.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources police confirmed the deaths to News4 Saturday afternoon. Four other people were rescued from the 25-foot vessel. The sinking occurred approximately two miles south of Point Lookout State Park in St. Mary's County.
The Coast Guard said in a statement that watchstanders overheard a broadcast by a local charter captain at around 8:30 a.m. Saturday asking for any assistance in locating the overturned boat. The charter captain told the Coast Guard that he had received a call from the sister of one of the people on the boat. The woman was told by her sister that the boat was taking on water, before communications were lost.
Boat crews from the Coast Guard, St. Mary's County Fire and rescue, Maryland Natural Resources Police, and helicopter crews from Naval Air Station Patuxent River and Maryland Police responded to the scene.
Saturday was the first day of the spring striped bass season on the Chesapeake, traditionally a big draw for anglers.
An investigation into the capsizing is ongoing.
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