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LONG ISLAND (WABC) -- Two people were killed when their race boat flipped off Long Island Sunday.

A Coast Guard official says the boat was racing in the Great South Bay in Patchogue.

The two people were not breathing when they were removed from the water, according to authorities.

The Coast Guard official says the boat was racing as part of the Battle on the Bay when it flipped. The official says the boat, which was traveling at a high rate of speed, likely flipped because of the choppy water conditions.

Suffolk County harbor units searched the water, found the two and brought them to shore to waiting ambulances. Both victims were taken to Brookhaven Hospital in cardiac arrest. They were later pronounced dead at the hospital.
The Battle On The Bay is presented by the Offshore Powerboat Association/Geico Miss Geico Triple Crown Series.

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