SAN DIEGO — An 8-year-old boy was killed and five people were injured when a Coast Guard vessel responding to an emergency call struck a pleasure boat during the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights Sunday night.
The 33-foot Coast Guard vessel hit the civilian boat, which had 13 people on board, about 6 p.m. near Harbor Island, said Jetta Disco, a Coast Guard spokeswoman.
“We heard them saying ‘Watch out’ and ‘Oh my God,’ ” said Breck Schoch, an eyewitness. “They had half a second warning before the thing hit.”
The boy killed in a boat crash was identified as Anthony Cole DeWeese of Rancho Peñasquitos, Anthony was taken to UCSD Medical Center, where he died about an hour after the accident. He had gone to the boat parade with his family, said his grandmother, Sandra DeWeese of Del Mar.
San Diego Union Tribune
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