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Sep 9, 2008 11:18 am US/Eastern

Coast Guard Rescues Injured Barge Worker

PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― A man working aboard a barge in the Delaware River had to be flown to a Philadelphia hospital by the U.S. Coast Guard after suffering a head injury in a fall.

According to the Coast Guard, the 61-year-old man was working on a barge when he fell into the river near Mantua Creek at about 6:45 a.m.

The victim suffered a serious head injury and had to be flown to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Neither the victim's condition, nor his identity was immediately available.



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