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Coast Guard Airlifts Injured Logger on Oregon Coast

The injured man was transported to a Newport Hospital for treatment.

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(NEWPORT, Ore. ) - The Coast Guard airlifted a logger who sustained injuries while clearing a tree approximately 15 miles southeast of Newport Beach, Ore., yesterday.

Coast Guard Group North Bend received a request for assistance from the Yachats Fire Department in Yachats, Ore., for an injured logger in the Siuslaw National Forest.

A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Facility Newport launched to the scene. The injured patient was airlifted to Coast Guard Air Facility Newport where emergency medical personnel was waiting to transport him to the hospital.




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