Coast Guard suspends search for boater missing off Manchester after Saturday's fatal accident

Update, Oct. 5: The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for the man still missing, according to a Coast Guard news release and reports by The Boston Globe and WHDH. See the note at the end of this story.

Manchester police, fire and harbormaster crews resumed the search Sunday for a man still missing after a fishing boat with three men aboard got into trouble off Singing Beach on Saturday afternoon, the Manchester-by-the-Sea Fire Department said.

One of the men died, according to reports by NBC Boston, Boston 25 News and WHDH. A second was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital, the department said; NBC Boston reported he was in critical condition.

Sunday's search

The Essex harbormaster, the Massachusetts Environmental Police, State Police, the Beverly Police drone unit and the Coast Guard are helping, the department said in a Sunday update. Police Chief Mark McCoy and Assistant Fire Chief Robert Cavender are running the search from a command post at Reed Park, and Deputy Harbormaster Andrew Vanikiotis is directing the search on the water from the town's public safety boat.

What happened Saturday

The first alert came in through North Shore Regional 911 at 4:13 p.m., according to the department. Firefighters on Engine 1 responded, and the town's public safety boat was on the water by 4:20 p.m.

Manchester's paramedics took one man to Beverly Hospital. A second was brought by Beauport Ambulance from Tucks Point to Masconomo Park and flown to Mass. General. The third has not been found.

The three men were 67, 65 and 37 years old, and a dog aboard was found alive, NBC Boston and Boston 25 reported. The boat was a 30 foot center console fishing boat, NBC Boston reported. Gloucester, Essex and Hamilton firefighters, the Beverly Fire Department dive team and Essex police also helped Saturday, the department said.

Officials have not said what caused the boat to take on water. The names of the men have not been released.

Cape Ann Current will update this story as officials release more information.

Update, Oct. 5, 5:10 a.m.: The Coast Guard suspended its search for the missing man on Sunday, according to a Coast Guard news release and reports by The Boston Globe and WHDH. The headline now reflects the suspended search.

Update, Oct. 4, 1:15 p.m.: Added the fire department's Sunday search update and its account of Saturday's response. The first alert time is now the department's 4:13 p.m., replacing earlier TV reports of shortly before 4:30 p.m.