MOSSEL BAY:Andre Fraser, NSRI Mossel Bay station commander, said:At 11h55, Saturday, 02 December, NSRI Mossel Bay duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a man reporting that his friend had fallen on rocks and was injured after a wave swept over him while he was angling from rocks at Fransmanshoek near to Mossel Bay.We dispatched our sea rescue vehicle and NSRI crew’s personal vehicles with NSRI medics and the WC Government Health EMS responded.On arrival on the scene we treated a 30 year old Oudtshoorn man for a severe head injury.His friend had managed to pull him to safety on the rocks and the injured man's wife was in attendance.Because of the barely accessible location the EMS/AMS Skymed helicopter was activated and the patient was airlifted, secured into a Stokes basket stretcher, to the roadway and loaded into an EMS ambulance where paramedics continued with medical treatment before he was airlifted to hospital by the EMS/AMS Skymed helicopter in a serious but stable condition.SHELLY BEACH:Jeremiah Jackson, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said:At 07h30, Saturday, 02 December, NSRI Shelly Beach launched the sea rescue craft Shelly Spirit to take crew off a boat with motor failure behind the backline.The crew were brought ashore safely and the casualty boat came in under reduced motor power without incident.KOMMETJIE:Ian Klopper, NSRI Kommetjie station commander, said:At 14h30, Saturday, 02 December, our NSRI Kommetjie tractor (normally used to launch our sea rescue craft) was sent up Slangkop Pass to assist local Council and traffic authorities to remove rocks fallen on the roadway,The operation was completed without incident and the roadway is open.Picture attached: By NSRI Kommetjie - the NSRI Kommetjie tractor being used to clear the road of rocks in Scarborough.
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Incidents - Gordons Bay, Kommetjie, Plettenberg Bay
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