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Crewman hurt on American Seafoods trawler

Posted by The Highliner

Posted: March 24, 2009 - 2:30 am

This came in late Monday night:

U.S. Coast Guard, 17th District

March 23, 2009

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is responding after receiving a call that a 23-year-old crew member aboard the 310-foot fishing vessel Northern Eagle, homeported in Seattle, suffered a head injury at 7:11 p.m. Monday northeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

The crew member reportedly fell 15 feet down an elevator shaft and suffered a head injury. Two Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crews forward deployed in St. Paul Island, Alaska, launched at 7:42 p.m. and are going to attempt a medevac.

Once safely hoisted, the injured crew member will be taken to St. Paul Island where local emergency medical services will be waiting.

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