CG and EMS rescue two under bridge

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. - Coast Guard watchstanders with the help of local EMS Crews rescued two people late Friday night.

The Coast Guard along with the local emergency medical service personnel rescued two people in the water under the Chincoteague Swing Bridge.

It is reported that the two were fishing under the bridge at the time of the incident.

Coast Guard watchstanders and Sector Hampton Roads received a report at 10:55 p.m., from the Chincoteague police dispatch.

The report was of a person in the water near the Swing Bridge.

A rescue boat crew from Station Chincoteague was dispatched to the scene and recovered an unconscious 29 year-old female.

Emergency Medical Service personnel recovered an uninjured male out of the water, while the Coast Guard recovered the woman.

The female was taken to awaiting EMS personnel who transported her to Peninsula Regional Medical Hospital in Salisbury, Maryland. While in Peninsula Regional the female was revived and then transported to Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore for futher evaluation.