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NEWARK, New Jersey: New Jersey authorities have said that four people found clinging to the hull of an overturned boat off New Jersey have been rescued.

After receiving a distress call at around 1 a.m. on July 30 from the sailing vessel Eagle, which reported having run aground and was taking on water, coast Guard crews and New York police and fire units were deployed to the area off Sandy Hook, said Coast Guard officials in New York.

Rescue crews found a floating debris field of items from the boat, Petty Officer Logan Kaczmarek told the Asbury Park Press.

Police then found the four people about 2:15 a.m. holding onto the floating hull near the Romer Shoal Light Station some 2.5 miles from the tip of Sandy Hook, Kaczmarek added.

All four survivors were taken to Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch for treatment. There were no immediate reports on their conditions