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Harbor boat crash kills one, injures seven

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First responder tends to one victim. Photo by Live Boston.

Victim identified as Jeanica Julce, 27, of Somerville.

Live Boston reports seven people were injured and then rescued from Boston Harbor early this morning after a crash near Castle Island around 3 a.m.

The Coast Guard reports troopers on a State Police boat found the body of the eighth person, a woman, off Castle Island shortly after 10 a.m. None of the other seven suffered injuries considered life threatening.

Coast Guard Sector Boston watchstanders were notified just after 3 a.m., Saturday, of a center console vessel with eight people aboard colliding with a day board marker, sending all eight people into the water.

Video of the scene.
The remains of the boat.

In addition to Boston Police, the Boston Fire Department, the Coast Guard - including a helicopter crew from Cape Cod - State Police, state Environmental Police, Massport Police and Boston EMS responded to the crash.


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