Imagery Release: Coast Guard medevacs man from oil tanker near Galveston, Texas
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 11/27/2017 09:27 PM EST
Imagery Release |
Nov. 27, 2017 |
Coast Guard medevacs man from oil tanker near Galveston, Texas
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HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 27-year-old man Monday afternoon from an oil tanker 13 miles east of Galveston, Texas.
The vessel Miss Claudia contacted Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders to report that a crewmember aboard was in need of medical assistance.
An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew arrived on scene at approximately 2:30 p.m. and transported the man to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
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