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A mother and her 11-year-old daughter have been rescued after going overboard from a ferry at Belfast Harbour.
The incident happened at about 18:45 GMT on Thursday as the Stena Horizon ferry approached the dock.
Stena Line said it deployed emergency response crews from the ferry and another of its vessels that was nearby.
The mother and her daughter were lifted from the water and taken to hospital. Police are investigating how they entered the water.
Stena Line said it had informed all relevant authorities about the incident and was helping with investigations that were taking place.
The woman and the girl were rescued by emergency response crews from the
Stena Horizon and
Stena Superfast VIII after having apparently entered the water as one of the ferries, the Stena Horizon, approached Belfast Dock.
A police spokesperson said on Friday: The full circumstances of the incident are still being established.
In a statement on Thursday night, Stena Line said the two people had been plucked from the water in a man overboard incident by rescue crews from two of its ferries.
“Stena Line can confirm that [the] incident occurred on the Stena Horizon ferry at approximately 6.45pm this evening on its approach to berth in Belfast Harbour,” a spokesman said on Thursday night.
Ferry investigation after mum and child go overboard
A woman and her 11-year-old were pulled from the water by a rescue boat crew
Belfast Harbour (Image: BelfastLive)
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