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A fisherman had a part of his leg cut off after being involved in an accident whilst working on a trawler in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday.Dwayne Nelson, 28,Lebron James Notre Dame Jersey, a seaman from North Ruimveldt,Joel Berry II North Carolina Jersey, Greater Georgetown,Cheap Arizona Diamondbacks Jersey Jerseys, who was employed as a Deckhand with the Pritipaul Singh Investments Limited,Brandon Weeden Oklahoma State Jersey, was among a crew working aboard the fishing vessel Maria Sue some 25 miles from the mouth of the Berbice River when tragedy struck.Medical personnel lift the wounded seaman into the ambulance at the New Amsterdam Ferry Stelling.According to information received by this newspaper,Cheap New York Mets Jersey Jerseys, the men had cast their net and were in the process of pulling in a catch when Nelson’s foot got caught in the winch which was being used to pull up the seine. His right foot from the shin down was severed as a result.Help was requested from the bauxite shipping firm Oldendorf Carriers, which has operations at the mouth of the Berbice River and a boat with police and other personnel was dispatched to the trawler to collect the badly wounded Nelson.The boat with the injured fisherman eventually returned to the New Amsterdam Stelling where an ambulance was waiting to transport him to the New Amsterdam Hospital.Officials from the fishing company have not yet issued a statement on the matter.On June 19, 2010,Eddie George Ohio State Jersey, fire aboard the Captain Lloyd 97 resulted in the death of a crewman,Curtis Samuel Ohio State Jersey, 19-year old Orlon Munroe,Braxton Miller Ohio State Jersey, while the captain Delbert Williams went missing and has been given up as dead.Yesterday’s incident is similar to one in 2009 when another fisherman,Kenny Bell Nebraska Jersey, Russell Cornelius lost both of his legs while working on another company’s trawler. |
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