6 Rescued From Sunken Boat in Boston Harbor

A group of six people were rescued after their boat sank bewteen Castle Island and Thompson Island in Dorchester Bay early Sunday morning.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, at approximately 1:30 a.m. crew from Station Boston launched a 45-foot rescue boat into Dorchester Bay after Massachusetts State Police notified them of the sinking boat.

The crew located the six people in the water near their partially submerged boat just before 2 a.m.  The people were taken to a pier in the channel for medical evaluation.

No injuries were reported.  The cause of the sinking is under investigation.

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