1 dead after boat overturns off Redondo Beach. Child and captain among the rescued

A boat carrying six people including a child overturned off Redondo Beach on Sunday, killing one man on board, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The Redondo Beach Harbor Patrol received a distress call just after 1 p.m. reporting a boat had overturned and the people on board were in the water clinging to it.

Harbor Patrol deputies and lifeguards rushed to the boat and pulled five people, including one child and the boat’s captain, out of the water, authorities said. All five were taken to the hospital in stable condition.

But a sixth person, described only as a male adult, was reported missing and later found inside the overturned vessel by a rescue diver. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. No information on the victim’s identity was immediately available.

According to Los Angeles County Fire lifeguard Capt. Pono Barnes, the vessel was a MacGregor 26, a hybrid sail-motorboat that was popular in the ’90s.

The boat overturned amid a small craft advisory that had been issued from the National Weather Service on Wednesday through the weekend that warned there would be choppy seas and heavier gales up to 28 miles per hour.

“Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions,� read the warning.

Barnes said the boat was not equipped to handle the weather conditions that day.

Authorities are investigating.