Overview
- The pontoon capsized late Saturday night and threw six people into the water, with three survivors found clinging to the overturned boat and three others unaccounted for.
- Local deputies first responded after cries for help were heard from shore at about 10:45 p.m., when they found the overturned vessel just offshore from YMCA Camp Pepin.
- Minnesota and Wisconsin agencies coordinated a large-scale search that resumed Sunday morning and has used rescue boats, drones and helicopters in the effort.
- Officials say the incident happened near the Deer Island YMCA camp but that no campers or camp staff were involved in the boating incident.
- Authorities have not released identities or a cause for the capsize and said the search and investigation will continue as they gather more information.