NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) -- Multiple agencies responded to a call of a water rescue near Huntington Beach in Newport News.
Newport News Fire dispatch said the call for assistance came in at 10:49 a.m. Thursday. The US Coast Guard and Virginia Marine Resource Commission responded.
The Coast Guard reports a pleasure craft had begun to take on water. Five people on board were safely rescued, and all had been wearing their life jackets.
Virginia Marine Police are working to de-water the boat.
