NEWPORT — A Coast Guard official confirmed one fatality after a boat crash Sunday afternoon near the Pell Bridge.

“A woman was thrown off the sailing vessel in the collision,” Coast Guard Station Castle Hill Petty Officer Daniel Latimer told The Daily News.

Latimer did not have the woman’s name, though the state Department of Environmental Management said in a press release Sunday night the woman was 60 years old.

Coast Guard Castle Hill responded to an area just north of the Pell Bridge about 2:45 p.m. for a report of a boat crash. Latimer said a sailing vessel between 16 to 18 feet was traveling along the east passage heading south while a 25-foot powered boat was crossing the east passage. The two collided, he said.

“We haven’t gotten much of a report of why," Latimer said. “Probably a miscommunication on intention.”

He did not have information on the names of the vessels.

Brad Read, the executive director of Sail Newport, told The Daily News the race the sail boat may have been participating in was not organized by Sail Newport.

"I do not know the name of the regatta. It's not organized by us," Read said. He called the boat crash a "terrible, terrible situation."

DEM said in the release the woman was competing in the New England 100 regatta, which is organized by the New England chapter of the NACRA Sailing Association.

Latimer said aside from the fatality, no other serious injuries were reported. He did not have information on the woman’s transportation to a hospital.

The Newport Fire Department and Newport Police Department also responded, Latimer said. The Warwick, Jamestown and Portsmouth fire departments dispatched fire boats, too, he added. The Department of Environmental Management also responded.

ldamon@newportri.com