A good Samaritan and the Coast Guard rescued four people from a capsized boat near Niantic Bay on Saturday.
Watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center say they received a call around 10:53 a.m. that a 21-foot boat was taking on water with four people aboard.
The watch standers issued an urgent marine information broadcast and diverted two response boats to help assist the boat.
Within five minutes, a good Samaritan who heard the urgent marine information broadcast arrived on scene. The good Samaritan took the four people aboard their boat, Coast Guard officials said. Police arrived shortly afterwards.
According to the Coast Guard, all four people were wearing life jackets and were safely transferred to the Niantic Boat Ramp with no injuries.
The capsized boat has been marked as a navigational hazard. The owner is working with commercial salvage to remove it, officials said.
