3 rescued from water near DI

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard and Alabama Department of Marine Resources rescued three people in the water after a collision between a catamaran and pleasure craft (with seven total people aboard) some 12 miles south of Dauphin Island, Ala., on May 26. The pleasure craft subsequently capsized and three people were thrown into the water. The CG launched a response boat and crew from CG Station Dauphin Island. A boat crew from the Alabama DMR was already on scene, and recovered three people from the water; then transported the trio to emergency services waiting at the Billy Goat Hole ramp on the east end of the island. The CG boat escorted the catamaran crew to the Dauphin Island Marina. (Source: Coast Guard 05/26/17)