Officials said DNA testing of remains found on a Torrey Pines beach last week showed they were from a 10-year-old girl reported missing after a suspected smuggling vessel capsized off the Del Mar beach on May 5.

The county Medical Examiner’s Office said Mahi Brijeshkumar Patel died when the panga overturned in heavy surf off Del Mar, sending more than a dozen people into the sea.

First responders, including firefighters and lifeguards, rushed to the scene after the boat flipped over and found three people who had died and four who were taken to a hospital for treatment. Coast Guard boats and aircraft scoured the ocean for hours, searching for survivors in an area of 520 square nautical miles, before the search was suspended later that night.

Among those who drowned was the girl’s 14-y

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