Casualty rescued by helicopter after emergency response to capsized boat

Stonehaven and Aberdeen Coastguard teams and Stonehaven RNLI were called to reports of a vessel in trouble in the Stonehaven Bay.

Casualty rescued by helicopter after emergency response to capsized boat off Stonehaven Nicholas Leach/RNLI

A person has been rescued from a capsized boat off of Stonehaven.

Stonehaven and Aberdeen Coastguard teams and Stonehaven RNLI were called to reports of a vessel in trouble in the Stonehaven Bay area at around 8.30am on Tuesday.

Helicopters were also scrambled with a casualty recovered before being flown to shore.

They were transferred into the care of the ambulance service.

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