Three people were killed and two others were injured when a boat on the New York Sunday capsized from New York on Sunday.
Authorities received reports from a 'ship in need' and a 'fallen boat' with five people in the Ambrose canal – that separates Staten Island from New Jersey and Brooklyn – around noon, Gothamist reports.
FDNY, NYPD and the Coast Guard then removed several people from the ice -cold water and rushed to a nearby hospital, according to ABC 7.
Three dead were declared dead.
Another was admitted to the hospital in critical condition and another was in a stable state.
It was also said that officials were looking for a sixth person, reports NBC 4 New York.
It is unclear what the boot accident caused and what kind of vessel was overthrown.
The identities of the deceased have not yet been released.
A boat capsized on Sunday afternoon in the Ambrose canal and killed three people on board
The Ambrose channel is the only shipping channel in and from the port of New York and New Jersey, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers New York District.
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