Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Jan. 6, 2007

Contact:  PA1 Adam Eggers
(832) 293-1304

UPDATE- COAST GUARD CONDUCTS MEDEVAC; INVESTIGATES COLLISION

HOUSTON - The Coast Guard medevaced a 47-year-old man from the OSV Capt. Nick this morning after it reportedly collided with the a tanker ship, the Panam Carabe, Friday night.

A rescue boat from Coast Guard Station Sabine was dispatched at 3:57 a.m., to meet the Capt. Nick about 10 miles off shore from Sabine, Texas.  The crew arrived at the vessel's location at 5:48 a.m., after being slowed by heavy fog and extremely low visibility.

The injured crewman was complaining of intense internal pain, believed to be the result of a collision the vessel had with a tanker ship Friday night.  The tanker Panam Carabe reported the incident to the Coast Guard at 7:16 p.m.  The collision occurred in the ship anchorage in Galveston, Texas.

The crewman was taken back to the Coast Guard station and transferred to awaiting emergency medical technicians at 8:12 a.m.

Coast Guard units in Port Arthur, Texas, and Galveston are investigating the collision and injury.

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