Fisherman dies from injuries after accident on board trawler – Fishupdate.com
Fisherman dies from injuries after accident on board trawler Published: 18 February, 2013
A FISHERMAN has died from injuries sustained while off the west coast of Ireland, despite the best efforts of the local RNLI.
Courtmacsherry RNLI, in county Cork, went to the assistance of a fishing trawler which was carrying a man with serious injuries on the night of February 14 2013.
The stations all-weather lifeboat was requested to launch at 7.40pm to go to the aid of the boat with a crew member who had suffered serious injuries, 25 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale in West Cork.
The lifeboat, under Coxswain Sean OFarrell and a volunteer crew of six, was underway within minutes and proceeded to the area of the casualty.
Two Irish Coast Guard helicopters from Shannon and Waterford were scrambled and a major rescue plan was in operation.
The Waterford Coast Guard helicopter succeeded in airlifting the casualty from the trawler to a local hospital, but the man, who was one of three crew on board the fishing boat when the accident happened, did not survive.