The Coast Guard medevaced an injured woman from a recreational vessel in the northern San Juan Islands Monday. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, located in Seattle, received a request for assistance from the vessel Siesta at approximately 1:30 p.m., stating a 60-year-old woman on board had fallen and hit her head, suffering a severe gash to her forehead.
Sector Puget Sound diverted a 45-foot response boat crew from Station Bellingham, Wash., already on a routine patrol in the area.
The crew arrived on scene approximately 5 miles west of Birch Bay took the woman aboard and transferred her to awaiting EMS in Blaine.She was last reported to be in stable condition.
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