Update On Bodega Bay Boating Tragedy: 3 of 4 Victims ID'd

Three of the four people killed in a fishing boat accident today near Bodega Harbor have been identified, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.

Jessie Daniel Langley, 79, of Bodega Bay, Samuel Garcia, 86, of Bodega Bay and David Costa, 60, of Ripon, Calif., all died after a 32-foot fishing boat capsized just south of the entrance of the harbor just before 10 a.m., officials said.

A fourth victim, also an adult, has also been identified but investigators are still working to notify next of kin.

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Bodega Bay resident Phillip Sanchez, 66, was the sole survivor of the accident. He was found clinging to Bodega Rock, about half a mile west of Bodega Head, and rescued by the sheriff’s office helicopter using a long line.

Sanchez, who was dressed in a t-shirt and jeans, had minor scrapes and bruises and was very cold, but otherwise uninjured, officials said. Four other victims, one woman and three men, were pulled from the water.

One was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other three were taken by ambulance to the U.S. Coast Guard base at Bodega Bay before being pronounced dead.

Sanchez told officials he and the others had left at 8:30 a.m. for a day of crabbing, and were returning to Bodega at around 8 knots, or 10 miles per hour, when a wave hit the side of the boat and flipped it.

Sanchez said he was launched into the water and was able to swim to the rock and hold on until he was rescued.

No one on board the boat was wearing life vests.

Alcohol and drugs are not thought to have been factors in the accident. Officials said today marks the opening weekend for crab season on Bodega Bay.

--Bay City News