FORT MYERS, FLORIDA (WMTW) - Three people were killed Saturday when a catamaran they were aboard capsized, throwing them into the Caloosahatchee River on Florida’s Gulf Coast, authorities said.

Among the victims was a couple with ties to Maine, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Craig Millett and his wife, Brenna Millett, are Cape Coral residents who also lived in Maine.

Friends of the third victim, Rebecca Knight, told our media partner WMTW that she was also from Maine.

The tragedy unfolded around 4 p.m. local time near the Cape Coral Yacht Club between Cape Coral and Fort Myers, according to the Lee County Marine Emergency Response Team.

During a search by state, local and federal agencies, three of the victims were pulled from the river on Saturda

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