Stena Line ferry tragedy sees man die after being airlifted from water
dailyrecord.co.ukA man has tragically died in hospital after he was airlifted from the water following incident on a Stena Line ferry earlier today.The Stena Line ship left Belfast and was heading to Birkenhead during the early hours of the morning on Saturday January 20 when there were reports of a missing man.
Emergency services are believed to have been called and Merseyside Police, HM Coastguard and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution attended.An eyewitness claimed to the Liverpool ECHO that a person had fallen overboard.
A coastguard search was carried out shortly after 8am following the alarming reports. A 44-year-old man was found and airlifted out of the water and taken to a nearby hospital at around 11am.
In an update this afternoon a spokesperson for Merseyside Police confirmed the man, from North Wales, had died in hospital following the incident.
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