NEWBURYPORT — Reduced response capabilities involving the U.S. Coast Guard Station Merrimack River due to a nationwide staffing shortage will be temporary, a Coast Guard spokesperson said Friday.
NEWBURYPORT — Reduced response capabilities involving the U.S. Coast Guard Station Merrimack River due to a nationwide staffing shortage will be temporary, a Coast Guard spokesperson said Friday.
Due to strong tides, getting boats into the slips has been more difficult, according to Hogg, and the operator was having trouble backing into the slip. She tried to pull in frontwards and panicked. The boat flew into the slip and crashed up onto the dock, landing on top of it.
One of the two women was thrown from the boat and landed in the water. She was rescued by a dockhand, Hogg said. Both women were taken to a local hospital after suffering various non-life-threatening injuries, including bumps, bruises, scratches, and arm and leg injuries.
The child was uninjured.