domingo, 2 de junio de 2019

Coast Guard medevacs boater near Baffin Bay, Texas

MH-65 Dolphin from USCG Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, U.S. Navy photo by Anne Owens (archive).

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —​ The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a boat near Baffin Bay, Texas, Sunday morning.

Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received​ notification that after a recreational boat ran aground, its three passengers had sustained injuries and needed to be medevaced off the boat.​

A Sector/Air Station Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew arrived and medevaced a man from the boat to Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline in Corpus​ Christi, Texas.​

A Texas Parks and Wildlife boat crew transferred a second person to emergency medical services, and a third person was medevaced by a HALO flight emergency medical services aircrew. Both were taken to​ Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline.

The man's condition is unknown.


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