A boat sank off Hibiscus Island in Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach Monday morning with several people on board, authorities said. The boat capsized between Monument and Hibiscus islands, Miami Beach police said.

The two young girls were killed Monday morning when a barge collided with a sailboat carrying a group of children during a sailing summer camp on Biscayne Bay near Hibiscus Island, the U.S. Coast Guard reported Monday night.

Rescuers pulled six people from Biscayne Bay, including five children, after a sailboat sank off Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach on Monday morning. Two of them died, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Miami Beach Fire are searching for several people who are missing in Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said are responding a submerged vehice. The search is centered around 131 N Hibiscus on Hibiscus Island, which is just off Miami Beach. Two children have been pulled from the water.

At least five children are missing and two adults are dead after a sailboat reportedly crashed into a barge in Biscayne Bay off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday morning

Six people were thrown into the water in the accident, including three other children and a camp counselor, the authorities said.

Two children were killed after the sailboat they were on was struck by a barge and capsized in Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach on Monday, setting off a massive response and rescue effort. Miami Beach Fire Rescue officials said the "active water emergency" happened in the area between Monument Island and Hibiscus Island around 11:15 a.m.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Two children were killed and one critically injured after a sailboat sank in Biscayne Bay Monday morning. According to CBS Miami, around 11:16 a.m., the Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) received a call for a boating accident north of Hibiscus Island.

According to Coast Guard Sector Miami, the sailboat—with five children and an adult counselor on board—sank after being hit by the barge.

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