Three dead after suspected people-smuggling boat capsizes off San Diego

• Vessel overturns near Point Loma peninsula
• Officials said every indication' of human smuggling operation

Three people have died and more than two dozen taken to hospital after a wooden boat capsized on Sunday during a possible human smuggling operation just off the San Diego coast, authorities said.

Local lifeguards, the US coast guard and other agencies responded around 10.30am PT following reports of an overturned vessel near the peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego fire-rescue department.