AAP General News (Australia)
04-08-2006
NSW: Runabout capsizes in heavy swell off state's south coast
A woman's been airlifted to hospital with minor injuries .. after being trapped inside
a runabout which capsized in a heavy swell off the New South Wales south coast.
Three people .. all from Yass .. were onboard the six metre boat when it was swamped
by a wave .. near the bar at Crookhaven Heads .. the entrance to the Shoalhaven River.
The woman was trapped inside the upturned vessel for some time .. until her husband
helped free her.
The couple .. along with another man .. made it to Seven Mile Beach with the help of
two people on jet skis.
The woman's been airlifted to Wollongong hospital with a suspected dislocated shoulder
and suffering shock.
Her husband .. who has a suspected broken arm .. was treated by ambulance officers.
The third man's suffered cuts and bruises.
AAP RTV af/goc/
KEYWORD: RUNABAOUT (SYDNEY)
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