Kayaker rescued in Great Peconic Bay off Hampton Bays
A Southampton Town Police Department Marine Unit officer sustained a leg injury during a rescue of a kayaker Sunday, police said. The kayaker was treated for hypothermia. Credit: Randee Daddona
Southampton Town police said Sunday that they rescued a kayaker marooned on a sandbar due to rough seas in the Great Peconic Bay.
Police responded to a 911 call around 4:30 p.m. from the boater who said that she was stranded about 500 feet northeast of the Shinnecock Canal, in Hampton Bays, according to a news release.
Before help arrived, the kayaker jumped into the water, but was found and pulled from the water by the Southampton Town Marine Patrol.
During the rescue, an officer suffered a leg injury “due to the sea conditions,” according to the release.
Marine Patrol took the woman to the Meschutt County Park where Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance workers treated her for hypothermia.
The injured officer was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The U.S. Coast Guard, which also responded, recovered the woman’s kayak.
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