Good Samaritans rescued two people in the Columbia River bar on Saturday after their 26-foot pleasure boat capsized, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
An additional person pulled from the water by other boaters died at a hospital, and two other missing people are presumed dead, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter.
The unidentified rescuers swooped in around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, and Coast Guard rescuers joined them by sea and air shortly after, Carter said. But the search was called off just after 9 p.m. The Daily Astorian newspaper identified the missing people as a 54-year-old man and an 11-year-old boy.
It was not immediately clear what caused the boat to capsize, and the names of the people aboard it have not been released publicly.
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