Crime & Safety
Lifeguards Save Sailboat Aground At Dockweiler Beach
The sailboat began taking on water late Sunday night.
#HyperionIC. @LACoLifeguards on scene of a vessel that was taking on water off Dockweiler Beach. Vessel is now aground. No injuries to persons on board. Efforts in progress to tow the vessel off the beach. pic.twitter.com/YkgPQJnp4T
— LACoFD Lifeguards (@LACoLifeguards) August 5, 2019
PLAYA DEL REY, CA — Los Angeles County lifeguards saved a sailboat that began taking on water off Dockweiler Beach late Sunday night, authorities said. Crews on land and rescue boat crews in the water saved the boat, authorities said.
The incident was reported just before 10 p.m. when the Los Angeles County Fire Department lifeguards tweeted that the vessel was taking on water off Dockweiler Beach "but is now aground." No injuries were reported to the people on board.
Lifeguards on the ground and rescue boat crews pulled the vessel back out to sea where it was towed to safety, the lifeguards tweeted.
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#HyperionIC UPDATE: @LACoLifeguards land base units and rescue boat crews work together to successfully pull the vessel in question back out to sea. Vessel currently in tow. pic.twitter.com/gW31jdEeub
— LACoFD Lifeguards (@LACoLifeguards) August 5, 2019
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