Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Water Rescue Response - Dewey Beach - Dickinson Street
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Tuesday July 4, 2017 @ 14:55 Nature: Water Rescue Priority 1 Location: Rusty Rudder Address: 113 Dickinson Av Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
On Tuesday afternoon, July 4th, the Indian River (80) and Bethany Beach (70) fire companies were alerted to assist Rehoboth Beach with a water rescue incident in the Rehoboth Bay off Dickinson Avenue near the Rusty Rudder. It was reported to be a jet ski colliding with a center console boat and the jet skier was still in the water. Emergency response units from Indian River include Utility 80-8 with 80 Marine 1 from the Oak Orchard facility and Brush #80-0 with 80 Marine 2 from the Long Neck facility. Both units were responding to Massey’s Landing for launching. Additional incident alerted were to the United States Coast Guard – Indian River Inlet and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC) Fish & Wildlife Agents. At the incident location, the Dewey Beach Lifeguards assisted with retrieval of injured jet skier and marine units were cancelled. Additional information may be located by reading the following news articles. Jet ski operator injured after crashing into boat in Rehoboth Bay Brittany Horn, The News-Journal - Published 6:07 p.m. ET July 4, 2017 | Updated 6:14 p.m. ET July 4, 2017 The operator of a jet ski was sent to the hospital after crashing the watercraft into another boat near the Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach, according to police. Officers with the Delaware Fish and Wildlife Natural Resources Police were called about 3 p.m. to the area of Dickinson Avenue in Dewey Beach for the report of a boating crash, said Lt. John McDerby, a spokesman with the department. Dewey lifeguards assisted a jet ski operator to shore after the jet ski collided at a high rate of speed with a small boat about 20 feet long slowly making its way to the dock, McDerby said. The person on the jet ski was then transported to Beebe Hospital for further treatment, McDerby said. The injuries appear to be minor, he added. The circumstances of the crash remain under investigation by police, and further details were not released. |
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