U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the San Diego coast noticed a vessel coming ashore in Pacific Beach around 2 a.m. Wednesday, and found 14 passengers inside.
Agents immediately detained the passengers in the pango boat. They found a man, face down in the boat with no visible injuries.
As for the other 14 other aboard, 11 were taken to nearby hospitals. Two of them were seriously injured agents said. Three people were not injured.
“There all minor bumps and bruises for the most part, some back pain, broken ankles things like that,” said Capt. Milo Vaughs with San Diego Fire and Rescue.
“When you come through the surf in a pango boat, anything can happen. They jump out of it, it hits them in the surf,” Vaughs said.
The boat made a hard landing along the coastline off Mission Boulevard near Dixie Drive and Law Street.
U.S. Border Patrol agents say the vessel came from Mexico.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
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