HALIFAX — Two of four fishers who were pulled from the water after a vessel capsized off Halifax have died.
Their deaths were confirmed today by Jose Teixeira, owner of the 18-metre boat that capsized on Thursday night.
Teixeira says the captain and a deckhand died and that the two other crew on board have been released from hospital.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre has said that rescuers found three crew members Thursday night, one of whom was unconscious, and the fourth was located in a raft today and was “unresponsive.”
Rescue efforts were launched after a signal from an emergency beacon was picked up around 10 p.m. Thursday originating about 18 kilometres southeast of Sambro, N.S.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it will dispatch a team to investigate the capsizing of the Fortune Pride fishing vessel.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 7, 2025.
Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press
