Injured fisherman airlifted to hospital by Humberside Coastguard helicopter
An injured fisherman was airlifted to hospital in the early
hours of this morning by the Humberside Coastguard helicopter – which
incidentally was their third call out in under 24 hours.
Just
after midnight HM Coastguard Operations Centre Humber received a Mayday call
from a fishing vessel 3NM West by North from Hunstanton, heading for
Kings Lynn Harbour reporting that one of their crew had sustained a suspected
broken leg and needed urgent medical assistance.
The HM
Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Humberside was sent in
alongside the Skegness RNLI All Weather Lifeboat.
The
casualty was transferred to the Lifeboat and was then winched onboard the
Coastguard helicopter. He was flown to Boston Pilgrim Hospital where
Wrangle and Sutton Bridge Coastguard Rescue Teams set up a helicopter landing site. We wish him a speedy recovery.