1 dead after fishing boat crashes on rocks near Golden Gate Bridge

By Tim Fang

One person has died after a fishing boat on San Francisco Bay crashed near the Golden Gate Bridge early Thursday morning, officials said.

Around 6:10 a.m., firefighters from San Francisco, Southern Marin and Sausalito, along with the San Francisco Police Department Marine Unit, the U.S. Coast Guard, were called to the bridge. 

Authorities received reports of a 25-foot fishing boat that struck rocks on the Marin County side. San Francisco police said the rocks were underneath the bridge, and that the vessel began to capsize.

According to the San Francisco Fire Department, all three people onboard were rescued and received care from paramedics. SFPD took the boaters to the Marin County shoreline, where they received additional care.

In an update posted at 10:25 a.m., San Francisco police said that all three were taken to a hospital in Marin County with life-threatening injuries. Despite life-saving efforts, one of the people on board succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital.

Authorities did not release the victim’s name.

The San Francisco Fire Department said it regularly trains with the Coast Guard, police, and Marin County firefighters for Golden Gate Bridge response scenarios and water rescues.

“This type of quick, multi-agency coordination is the direct result of ongoing joint training,” firefighters said in a statement. “That includes marine drills, unified command exercises, and shared radio communication systems, so when a call comes in near jurisdictional lines, all agencies are operating from the same playbook,” firefighters added.

Authorities have not said what led up to the collision.