1 January 2024 at 13:25 Unconscious person retrieved from the water in Vindafjord A search has been launched for reports of one or more people in the water in Ølensvåg in Vindafjord municipality. An unconscious person has been picked up, reports the police in Sør-Vest. It is unclear if there are more people in the water. The main rescue center leads and coordinates the rescue operation, according to the police. Sør-West police district received a report at 1.13pm about a boat going round and round, and that one or more people have ended up in the water. – A boat with a man was observed in the sea, the man has been picked up and will be picked up by a rescue helicopter, says Asbjørn Viste, the officer on duty at the Main Rescue Center in Southern Norway. Are you worried that there are more people in the water? – It is a possibility, we have not been able to clarify that yet, says Viste. The police inform that cardiopulmonary resuscitation is being performed on the person. The boat is still spinning, and it is also unknown if there are more people on board the boat. They search the water to see if there are more people.
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