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Coast Guard made 5 rescues in less than 3 hours near Tampa Bay

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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A US Coast Guard (USCG) Station crew in St. Petersburg made five rescues within three hours on Saturday (May 11).

A distress call was made just after 11 a.m. from four men on a sinking 24-foot boat near Gandy Bridge. A crew recovered all four men from their partially-submerged boat, USCG says.

No injuries were reported from that rescue.

Crews were contacted again around 1 p.m. This time Pinellas County Sheriff's Office dispatch said a woman sustained a head injury while driving a watercraft near Shell Key.

The woman was rescued and taken to EMS at Fort De Soto Boat Ramp where she could receive medical care.


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