Paget man hospitalised after RTA

A 44-year-old Paget man is in intensive care in stable condition after losing control of his bike and hitting a wall.

Police found him lying in the road next to his bike at the junction of South Road and College Road in Paget at 2.40 a.m. yesterday.

He was taken to hospital for treatment of a fractured left rib, hip and knee and was in the operating room as The Royal Gazette went to press last night.

Police are appealing for any witnesses to this incident or anyone with any information to contact Pol. Con. Celestine on 295-0011.

Sick seaman evacuated to Bermuda

Bermuda Harbour Radio assisted the US Coast Guard in an evacuation of an injured crew member 300 miles south of Bermuda.

The 59-year-old Dutch man reportedly suffered serious chest pains while aboard the vehicle Cold Stream 300 on Monday.

A US Coast Guard C130 aircraft and a US Coast Guard helicopter flew to Bermuda to refuel before evacuating the injured man from his vessel. The man was lifted from the vessel by the helicopter using a winch.

The two aircraft returned to Bermuda where the man was rushed to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment.

The C130 aircraft returned to its base in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The helicopter left the Island for the US yesterday afternoon.