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Boat crashes onto Newport Beach shore, no injuries reported

Workers tow a boat through the sand to an awaiting tow truck on West Balboa and 14th Street in Newport Beach on Monday, June 5, 2017. It ran aground last night. No one was injured.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Workers tow a boat through the sand to an awaiting tow truck on West Balboa and 14th Street in Newport Beach on Monday, June 5, 2017. It ran aground last night. No one was injured.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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A 30-foot-long boat crashed onto Newport Beach Sunday night but did not cause any injuries to the four people onboard, sheriff’s Sgt. John Hollenbeck said on Monday.

Three adults and one child were on their way back from Catalina Island when the electronics on the boat failed. The boat hit shore between 11th and 12th streets in Newport Beach on Sunday, June 4, with the four aboard safely jumping off, Hollenbeck said.

  • Workers tow a boat through the sand to an awaiting...

    Workers tow a boat through the sand to an awaiting tow truck on West Balboa and 14th Street in Newport Beach on Monday, June 5, 2017. It ran aground last night. No one was injured.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • A boat ran aground on the shore near West Balboa...

    A boat ran aground on the shore near West Balboa Boulevard and 14th Street on Sunday night in Newport beach is tossed around by the waves early in the morning on Monday, June 5, 2017. (Photo Courtesy Ben Scanlan, TowBoatUS )

  • Workers tow a boat through the sand to an awaiting...

    Workers tow a boat through the sand to an awaiting tow truck on West Balboa and 14th Street in Newport Beach on Monday, June 5, 2017. It ran aground last night. No one was injured.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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The boat was pulled out of the water with a crane and put onto a flatbed truck about 3 p.m. on Monday, June 5, Hollenbeck said.

Authorities considered pushing the boat, apparently seaworthy, back out to sea, but the surf was too strong at the time.