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Dr. Emily Mecklenburg, 40, of Rockland, was declared lifeless Monday after she was evacuated from the stricken vessel Grace Bailey by the Coast Guard.
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — A girl killed when a mast snapped and toppled onto the deck of a historic crusing vessel that carries vacationers off the Maine coast was a doctor on the hospital the place three different victims have been taken for remedy, officers mentioned Tuesday.
Dr. Emily Mecklenburg, 40, of Rockland, was declared lifeless Monday after she was evacuated from the stricken vessel Grace Bailey by the Coast Guard, Nicole Jacques, a spokesperson for house owners of the schooner, mentioned Tuesday. Three others who have been injured have been taken to PenBay Medical Heart in Rockport the place Mecklenburg labored, officers mentioned.
The Coast Guard is investigating why the schooner’s essential mast snapped in circumstances that weren’t windy. The schooner was about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) east of Rockland harbor, the Coast Guard mentioned.
There’s no timeline for the investigation, which may take weeks or months.
“We wish to be sure the investigation is being performed totally and that the mandatory bins are being checked,” Ensign Matthew Bartnick, a Coast Guard spokesperson in Maine, mentioned Tuesday.
The Grace Bailey was a part of Maine’s windjammer fleet comprised largely of enormous historic sailboats that take vacationers on multi-day outings. The Grace Bailey was getting back from a four-day tour when the mast snapped late Monday morning.
An emergency medical technician who assisted mentioned that one particular person was briefly trapped below the fallen mast. Three others suffered head and again accidents, he mentioned.
Whereas the Grace Bailey was outdated, inbuilt 1882, there are a number of older vessels that carry passengers off the Maine coast. The Lewis R. French and Stephen Taber have been each inbuilt 1871, Jacques mentioned.
All of these vessels have been refurbished a number of occasions through the years, and many of the planks and different parts have been changed, Jacques mentioned. The mast that splintered was not Grace Bailey’s unique mast, she mentioned.
The Grace Bailey, which was carrying 33 passengers and crew, was previously generally known as the Mattie earlier than coming below new possession and being renamed prior to now yr. One of many new house owners is actor Marc Evan Jackson, who is thought for his roles on TV exhibits “Brooklyn 9-9,” “Parks and Recreation” and “The Good Place.”
Jackson used to sail on windjammers as a younger man and comes again yr after yr to sail in Maine, Jacques mentioned. He determined to turn out to be an element proprietor when the chance introduced itself, she mentioned.