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At least 10 people from Haiti died and about 100 others were stranded off the coast of the Bahamas on Tuesday after an overcrowded boat capsized, the United States Coast Guard said.
Dozens of people aboard the 40-foot boat were thrown into the water after it ran aground and tipped over Monday night, about 15 nautical miles southwest of Staniel Cay, the Coast Guard said in a statement. The Coast Guard described the vessel as a sail freighter.
The Coast Guard said a rescue craft and a MH-60 helicopter had been deployed to hoist people out of the water. Coast Guard crews have also dropped life rafts and food and other supplies to the migrants, who had been clinging to the hull of the sinking boat.
A 108-foot patrol vessel operated by the Royal Bahamian Defense Force is on its way to the scene, the Coast Guard said.
