HYANNIS, Mass. — Officials from multiple agencies have finished conducting a search in the water near Great Island after a boat capsized Saturday night.
The United States Coast Guard was searching off of Point Gammon, about half a mile from Great Island.
The boat, a 17-foot center console, was reported capsized around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday.
One person was rescued by a good Samaritan shortly after the boat capsized and another was rescued by local authorities.
@USCG says the boat capsized at around 7:45pm Saturday. Two others have already been rescued. Updates all morning on @boston25 https://t.co/DbxiNP4iz7
— Natalie Rubino (@newswithnatalie) May 17, 2020
Crews searched through the night for the last missing person who was not wearing a life jacket.
At 7:51 a.m. on Sunday, the body of the missing boater was recovered by a Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod.
He was unresponsive and pronounced dead.
Sad update: @USCG tells me the body of the missing 55 year old man was found off the coast of Hyannis at 7:51am. @boston25
— Natalie Rubino (@newswithnatalie) May 17, 2020
The name of the man has not yet been released.
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