At least three people are dead and two are injured after a boat overturned off New York's Staten Island on Sunday, officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard said one person was missing and one person was in critical condition after the boat, with six aboard, overturned on Sunday in the Ambrose Channel.

One person was dead and another four people were in critical condition after a boat capsized off Staten Island on Sunday afternoon, city officials confirmed. The U.S. Coast Guard, the FDNY and the NYPD dispatched teams to the Ambrose Channel on the north side of the island after a distress call around 12 p.