Coast Guard medevacs man with back injury from remote location

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/25/2017 12:47 AM EDT

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 News Release  

Mar. 24, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District
Contact: LT Karl Alejandre
After Hours: (361) 438-0176

Coast Guard medevacs man with back injury from remote location

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced an injured man near an isolated fishing cabin about 8 miles south of Baffin Bay, along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Friday.

The person medevaced was a 46-year-old male from San Antonio.

At 5:15 p.m., the injured man’s father called Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders to report his son’s injuries. He reported that his son sustained serious injuries from a fall.

An Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew responded to the report, arrived on scene at 6:40 p.m. and returned with the injured man to the air station at 7:24 p.m.

The injured man was received by EMS and taken to Corpus Christi Medical Center — Bay Area.

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