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The woman died after a boating incident in Auckland’s Waitematā harbor (file photo).
A woman died after falling overboard and sustaining serious injuries in a boating incident at Waitematā Harbor in Auckland.
Police said emergency services were called to the scene at 5:15 p.m. Thursday night.
The ship involved was a chartered vessel that had left the viaduct in the afternoon with about 30 passengers.
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A Coast Guard spokesperson said the chartered vessel contacted its Mechanics Bay facility to inform it that two people from the ship had fallen overboard.
Both people were quickly returned to the charter, but the woman who died had suffered serious injuries in the incident.
He was unable to confirm which ship was involved.
The spokesperson said another North Shore Coast Guard vessel was called in to help, as well as police boats and a Westpac rescue helicopter were dispatched to the scene.
A distress call was also sent to other ships in the area to see if there were medics on board who could help.
Westpac Rescue Helicopter spokesman Lincoln Davies said a team addressed the incident at 5.30pm.
An intensive care paramedic and a doctor were loaded onto the police maritime boat and taken to the patient who died at the scene, he said.
Police said they were working with Maritime NZ to understand how the woman was seriously injured.
“Victim Support is being rolled out for the other passengers on the ship.”
