CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Coast Guard’s Eastern Great Lakes watchstanders responded to a call about a vessel with 10 people aboard striking a break wall across from Burke Lakefront Airport Thursday night.
The Coast Guard said it was first notified of the incident when it received a call at 11:52 p.m. saying that four were injured, including a child with a head injury.
According to a call, the injuries were the result of a 37-foot vessel in Lake Erie striking the break wall across from Burke Lakefront Airport.
The Coast Guard said an additional call came in reporting concern for the condition of the vessel.
Watchstanders sent Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor’s 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew, who arrived at the vessel at 12:32 a.m.
The response team said the vessel was taking on water.
The crew was able to transfer all 10 passengers to their boat and transport them to North Coast Harbor.
The response crew also said the child was evaluated by emergency medical services.
The Coast Guard said the owner of the vessel arranged for a local salvage company to recover the vessel.
The Coast Guard said that there were no reports of pollution.
“We could not be more proud of the job our crew did,” said Chief Petty Officer Adrian Ledesma, executive petty officer, Station Cleveland Harbor. “They displayed excellent technical proficiency, demonstrated a strong understanding of the operational risks, triaged multiple injured people onboard, and safely transferred them to the awaiting EMS personnel.”
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