The Texas Coast Guard medevaced a crewman from a fishing vessel approximately 40 miles south of South Padre Island, Tuesday.
An HH-65C Dolphin Helicopter crew hoisted the injured fisherman at 12:20 p.m. Crews coordinated with emergency medical services and personnel from Customs and Border Protection for the man to be flown to Brownsville Air Port and transported to a local hospital.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a request for a medevac at 10 a.m., from the Mexican Rescue Command Center in Tampico, Mexico, stating that a man aboard the Gijon IX had reportedly suffered from a laceration on his head while working on deck.
The man’s condition is unknown.
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