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San Clemente Man Dies in Fishing Boat Collision Near San Diego

Staff by Staff
October 31, 2018 12:58PM
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San Clemente Man Dies in Fishing Boat Collision Near San Diego

Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Lopez Lopez assists a man who was injured in a vessel collision, rescued Oct. 26 by Coast Guard Station San Diego boat crew members and transported to Sector San Diego. In all, 18 people were rescued by the Coast Guard from the motor vessel Prowler, including one who was helicoptered via Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH60 Jayhawk helicopter. Photo: Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard/ USCG Seaman Taylor Bacon

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By Eric Heinz

A San Clemente resident died on Friday, Oct. 26, after he sustained injuries from falling from a fishing vessel that collided with a yacht near San Diego, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials.

Richard Neff, 66, was on a fishing trip with friends when the incident occurred, according to San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. That evening about 9 miles offshore of Imperial Beach, their fishing boat, a 65-foot sportfisher named Prowler carrying 29 people on board, collided with the 332-foot Attessa IV, a private yacht.

Neff fell “some distance” during the collision and struck his head, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Lopez Lopez assists a man who was injured in a vessel collision, rescued Oct. 26 by Coast Guard Station San Diego boat crew members and transported to Sector San Diego. In all, 18 people were rescued by the Coast Guard from the motor vessel Prowler, including one who was helicoptered via Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH60 Jayhawk helicopter. Photo: Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard/ USCG Seaman Taylor Bacon
Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Lopez Lopez, right, assists a man who was injured in a vessel collision, rescued Oct. 26 by Coast Guard Station San Diego boat crew members and transported to Sector San Diego. In all, 18 people were rescued by the Coast Guard from the motor vessel Prowler, including one who was helicoptered via Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH60 Jayhawk helicopter. Photo: Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard/ USCG Seaman Taylor Bacon

During the rescue, Coast Guard officials said 17 of the other 29 Prowler passengers had to be rescued. Neff was medically evacuated by helicopter.

“Crews arrived on scene at approximately 8:45 p.m. The Jayhawk (helicopter) crew hoisted a critically injured passenger and returned to Sector San Diego where awaiting EMS took the man to UC San Diego Medical Center–Hillcrest,” a press release from the Coast Guard stated.

At the hospital, “aggressive resuscitation” efforts were made by medical professionals, but they were unable to revive Neff, the medical examiner’s office stated. Neff was pronounced dead at 10:24 p.m. that night.

The incident is still under investigation, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer Joel Guzman, who said the results of the investigation could take some time. Guzman said the Prowler was regularly harbored in San Diego.

This is a developing story. More information will be provided when it becomes available.

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