Coast Guard helicopter medevacs ailing man from Canadian navy ship near Clallam Bay

Published 12:19 am Thursday, March 3, 2011

PORT ANGELES — A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Port Angeles went to the aid of a Canadian navy vessel near Clallam Bay, evacuating a 42-year-old man with chest pains.

Lt. Kelly Higgins says the crew responded late Tuesday night to the vessel HMCS Algonquin and picked up the man and a doctor’s assistant after landing on the ship’s deck.

The patient was taken to Victoria General Hospital in Victoria.