Second Victim of Labor Day Boat Crash Found Dead in Connecticut

A capsized boat with a damaged hull is lifted out of the water by a Sea Tow Salvage Response Unit and Eric's Towing at Saybrook Point in Old Saybrook, Conn., on Sept. 3, 2024. Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP

OLD LYME, Conn.—Authorities on Friday found the bodies of both men who had been missing for four days after a boat carrying nine people crashed into a jetty along the Connecticut shoreline.

State environmental conservation police officers located the first body in the mouth of the Connecticut River between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme shortly after noon, about a quarter-mile from the site of the accident, Police Capt. Keith Williams said.