PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescue 3 from aground vessel on Savannah River jetties

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/28/2020 08:53 PM EDT

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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescues 3 from aground vessel on Savannah River jetties

                                                   

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard rescued three people after a 21-foot center console vessel went aground on the Savannah River North jetties, Saturday.

A Coast Guard Station Tybee Island 29-foot Response Boat—Small crew arrived, embarked a 52-year old man, a 49-year old female and a 14-year old female, safely transferring them to EMS at Station Tybee. They were taken to Savannah Memorial Hospital for further medical care.

Coast Guard Sector Charleston command center watchstanders received a VHF-FM Channel 16 call at 10:09 p.m., from the man aboard the vessel, stating their vessel was aground on the Savannah River North jetties and needed assistance. The watchstanders directed the launch of a Station Tybee RB—S crew, and once on scene, the small boat crew discovered the females to have sustained injuries and needed higher-level medical care.

A commercial towing company is salvaging the vessel.

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