Person missing after fishing boat capsizes near Westport

The Coast Guard rescued three people from a fishing vessel that capsized near Westport.

WESTPORT, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a person who went missing when their boat capsized near Westport on Friday.

The Coast Guard received a call at about 8:30 a.m. about a fishing vessel that was taking on water and flooding.

A boat crew from the Coast Guard’s Grays Harbor station rescued three people from the 68-foot commercial fishing vessel that capsized. However, one person was not rescued.

As of 10:30 a.m., the vessel had fully sunk to the bottom of the channel.

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