7 rescued, 1 missing after Boston Harbor boating accident

(BOSTON) — Seven people have been rescued and one person is still missing following a boating accident in the Boston Harbor early Saturday.

At about 3 a.m. a center console boat with eight people on board hit a day marker, “causing all 8 to enter the water,” the U.S. Coast Guard stated.

Officials responded to the incident and seven people were recovered, five of them transported by Boston EMS to a hospital, Boston Fire said.

The names and ages of the recovered boaters have not been released.

Now, an inter-agency search is underway for the missing boater.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.