A 25-foot panga carrying 15 people collided with a U.S. Coast Guard boat Thursday off the coast of Point Loma, federal officials said. The crash was reported about 25 miles off the coast of Point Loma after the Coast Guard caught up to the boat and ordered it to stop, Coast Guard officials said in a news release. The panga operator then abandoned the steering controls, which caused the vessel to drift erratically. Coast Guard officials were able to gain control of the panga and turn the engine off, but not before the two boats collided, causing damage to the Coast Guard’s vessel, officials said. Border Patrol agents took a person experiencing hypothermia-like symptoms to UC San Diego Hillcrest Medical Center for evaluation. On board the boat were people from multiple countries, including: China, Uzbekistan, Mexico, Ecuador, Vietnam and El Salvador. All 15 individuals were safely transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody, officials said. No other information was immediately available.