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A ship is recovered from Taieri Mouth, south of Dunedin, after five people were injured.
Nick Barth was on vacation with his family when he and others sprang into action after a ship capsized at Taieri Mouth, south of Dunedin.
Five people were taken to the hospital. It is understood that one of the five was a young child in critical condition.
Barth and his family were staying at nearby Kuri Bush. He said Things he heard emergency services in the area around 2 p.m. Saturday, including three helicopters.
“The boat had been adrift along the coast for 2 to 3 km before reaching the shore, a surfer tied a rope to it and pulled it.
“I was submerged in water up to my waist to my chest and the waves were crashing. It’s quite a difficult area and the boat was getting stuck on rocks and seaweed.
“Eventually, with the help of an incoming tide, we position it as far away as possible.”
Barth said search and rescue was notified of the recovery.
“The boat is quite broken, there is a hole in the side and the rear is in pieces.
“The ship drifted along the shore, we spent about two hours trying to pull it.
“There were a good five or six of us, we used a truck with a winch to tow it to the beach, and now it’s moored.
“It was quite a mission.”
The boat, with an outboard motor, capsized and emergency services were called around 1pm. Police said the boat was trying to cross the bar.
A spokeswoman for St John said that two people were understood to have been seriously injured, one was serious and two were in moderate condition.
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The seriously injured and seriously injured were airlifted to Dunedin Hospital. The two moderately injured people were transported by ambulance.
Police said two adults and three children were injured.
The group was brought back to shore by local water skiers and surfers and first aid was initially provided by two surfers who are also doctors, the police spokeswoman said.
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Five people were taken to Dunedin Hospital after a small boat with an outboard motor capsized while trying to cross the bar at Taieri Mouth, south of Dunedin, around 1:00 pm on Saturday. (File photo).
New Zealand Fire and Emergency spokesman Daniel Reilly said a team from the Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade was dispatched to the scene and assisted police and St. John.
Otago Rescue Helicopter Chief Pilot Graeme Gale said three of his rescue helicopters were dispatched to the scene.
He said everyone involved was on shore when they arrived, so crew members provided “advanced care” and transported them to hospital.
“It is a terrible tragedy,” he said.
The Taieri Mouth area was at low tide around 2:45 p.m. with swell heights of about 0.4 meters, according to the Tides4fishing website.
Taieri Mouth is a small fishing village located at the mouth of the Taieri River, about 35 kilometers southwest of Dunedin.
