The Coast Guard suspended its search at 2:50 p.m. Sunday for the man after the sailboat he was aboard capsized off the coast of Sandy Point on Saturday.
Earlier Sunday, Maryland Natural Resources Police said that a 40-year-old man who had been on the sailboat died after being taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center.
A woman contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore on VHF-FM channel 16 at approximately 2:30 p.m. Saturday reporting a boat capsized off of Sandy Point.
A crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat – Medium from Coast Guard Station Annapolis, Md., a crew aboard an RB-M from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., a crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small from station Annapolis, two Anne Arundel County Fire Department boat crews, Maryland Natural Resources Police boat crews, crews aboard two Maryland State Police helicopters, a crew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., crews aboard two MH-65 Dolphin helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., and a Queen Anne’s County boat crew responded to search for the missing man.
The boat's other passenger, a 25-year-old woman, was treated at the scene for hypothermia. The names of the victims have not been released, pending notification of families.
Emergency crews said all three people on the boat were wearing life jackets at the time of the accident. It is unclear what caused the boat to capsize.
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