The military-led search for six people missing after a charter boat sank in the Strait of Georgia has been suspended and the RCMP have assumed responsibility for the investigation.
The vessel began taking on water near Roberts Bank, southwest of Vancouver International Airport, on Sunday. Four people were rescued and taken to hospital. Six others remain missing.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria coordinated the search, which involved the RCMP, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Canadian Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue and BC Ferries before it was suspended.
Attorney General Niki Sharma said news of the event was shocking.
“The lives that are potentially lost and that those people that stepped into action pretty quickly to try to rescue some of those victims. The investigation, of course, the work that to uncover what happened is underway and we will be providing more details when they are available,” she said.
The cause of the sinking remains under investigation.
We will have more details as they come in.
