Crime & Safety

Man on Boat Dies After Heart Attack

Authorities investigating the 48-year-old man's death in Half Moon Bay.

A 48-year-old man died this morning after suffering an apparent heart attack while on a boat off the Half Moon Bay coast, according to a U.S. Coast Guard petty officer.

Around 8:40 a.m. the Pillar Point harbormaster responded to a call that someone aboard a 26-foot boat was having a heart attack, Coast Guard Petty Officer Roy Olson said.

Medical personnel responded and pronounced the man dead on the boat, Olson said.

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There were three other passengers onboard, according to Olson. The man's identity is being withheld as authorities investigate the death, according to the San Mateo County coroner's office.

--Bay City News


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