Coast Guard Medically Evacuates 8-Year-Old from Santa Cruz Island

(Photo of a previous U.S. Coast Guard training incident on the Channel Islands / Source: CINP Facebook)

Source: U.S. Coast Guard

The Coast Guard medevaced an 8-year-old girl in the vicinity of Smugglers Cove, Santa Cruz Island, Sunday afternoon.

At approximately 2:15 p.m., a man aboard a 26-foot recreational vessel contacted Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach via VHF-FM channel 16, reported a young girl sustained a back injury and requested medical assistance.

After consulting with the duty flight surgeon, watchstanders at Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach diverted a Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter crew from Forward Operating Base Mugu to respond.

The aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the girl into the helicopter and transported her to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard where she was reported to be in stable condition.