One crew member is presumed drowned after a fishing boat sank "in a matter of seconds" near Comox, B.C. Troy Haddock, the agency's maritime co-ordinator, said a nearby boat saw the vessel "essentially disappear" in less than a minute. Four out of five crew members escaped and were rescued by the nearby boat. It's believed the man who went to the engine room went down with the vessel. "If the individual did get out of the boat, he would've been picked up right away," the co-ordinator said, adding that the boat sank in about 260 metres of water.

Source: CBC News March 07, 2017 16:07 UTC