**CORRECTION** Coast Guard rescues boater after sailing vessel capsizes on the Columbia River near Deer Island, Oregon

News Release

June 26, 2017 U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest Contact: 13th District Public Affairs Office: (206) 220-7237 After Hours: (206) 251-3237

Coast Guard rescues boater after sailing vessel capsizes on the Columbia River near Deer Island, Oregon

**Previous press release incorrectly stated that the event took place at Deer Park but it occurred at Deer Island**

 

 

DEER ISLAND, Ore. -- A Coast Guard boat crew rescued one mariner from the water on the Columbia River near Deer Island, Monday evening.

Coast Guard Station Portland crewmembers aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small arrived on scene, pulled the man aboard their vessel and transported him to Kalama, Washington, where emergency medical services were waiting to take him to a local hospital.

At 4 p.m., Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector Columbia River received a request for assistance from the tug Lori B. who initially reported the incident and kept a line of communication with the watchstanders until the Coast Guard rescue boat arrived.

The boater was reportedly hypothermic after his 10 to 12-foot vessel capsized but was successfully retrieved from the water after the station crew tossed him a life ring.

Also on scene was a Coast Guard Air Station Astoria crew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and personnel from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.

Columbia County is currently towing the capsized vessel to shore.

 

 

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