Coast Guard medevacs man from oil tanker near Freeport, Texas
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/30/2017 03:34 PM EDT
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Oct. 30, 2017 |
Coast Guard medevacs man from oil tanker near Freeport, Texas
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 21-year-old man Monday morning from an oil tanker 12 miles south of Freeport, Texas.
At 8:07 a.m., the captain of the oil tanker Stena Imperative contacted Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders to report that a crewmember was going in and out of consciousness after sustaining a head injury from a fall.
An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 9:26 p.m., hoisted the man and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Galveston Scholes Airport.
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