The US Coast Guard are actively searching for a 24-year-old man with light brown hair and blue eyes near the Port Aransas Ship Channel.
PORT ARANSAS, Texas — The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for a missing person after a boat crash left one dead and two injured in Port Aransas early Saturday morning.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard Port Aransas Chief Anthony Sofo, they are actively searching for a 24-year-old man with light brown hair and blue eyes near the Port Aransas Ship Channel. He was reported to be in the water after the crash that involved his personal boat and a tank ship.
The Coast Guard confirmed one person is dead and two people were treated for non-life threatening injuries. The search continues for the fourth man.
Sofo said the family of all men involved in the crash were notified.
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Torrey Bertheau said they will not stop searching until they find him.
A call reported the crash at 6 a.m. and at the time of the collision four men were on the boat at the intersection of Aransas Pass and the Lydia Ann Channel, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
“The Coast Guard immediately took action, provided a broadcast, launched a helicopter, launched a small boat from the Station Port Aransas and took three people that were recovered from the water to Station Port Aransas,” said Bertheau.
“Coast Guard investigated efforts into the serious marine incident are ongoing, so that is happening right now,” said Bertheau. “At the same time we do not know the cause but we’re investigating. But our primary, top priority is search and rescue trying to locate the one individual that is unaccounted for.”
According to the Port Aransas Ferry Transportation, the ferry is still open while the search continues.
3News will update this article with more information as it becomes available.
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