The 60-year-old man was on board a boat traveling about 12 miles from the coast when the sailor was hit in the head by the underside of the mainsail due to strong gusts of wind, the fire department reported.
The man suffered a head injury. The rain and cold caused him to quickly become hypothermic. A group traveling with him called emergency services, who preferred to intervene by helicopter given the rough seas.
Sailors out of danger
The firefighters reached the sailboat on board the “Drago 1” helicopter, one of them lowered himself onto the deck of the boat with the winch and picked up the injured man. The sailor was then flown to Mestre hospital.
The Austrian, whose origins were not known, was not in mortal danger. However, he remains under observation because of the blow to the head, it was said.
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