1 saved, 1 dead, 1 still missing from capsized sailboat in Chesapeake

Update 5:00 p.m. Sunday: The Coast Guard suspended its search at 2:50 p.m. Sunday for a 25-year-old man after the sailboat he was aboard capsized off the coast of Sandy Point, Md., Saturday.

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An area of 62 square miles was searched in approximately 24 hours for the man.

WTOP reports that the 40-year-old man recovered yesterday has died.

Chesapeake Bay: 2 boaters saved, 1 missing from capsized sailboat

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Officials from the Coast Guard and Anne Arundel County are searching the Chesapeake Bay for a missing boater after earlier recovering two other people from the water.

Officials responded Saturday afternoon to a report of capsized sailboat in the waters off of Sandy Point State Park, near the Bay Bridge.

Emergency officials say a 25-year-old woman was pulled from the water and is being treated for hypothermia. A 40-year-old man was not responsive and was being treated for what officials called serious and life threatening injuries.

And crews are still searching for a third boater, identified as a 25-year-old man.

A county fire department spokesman said crews had not yet recovered the sailboat as of early Saturday evening.

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