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LAST UPDATE | 28 Jun 2019
A TEENAGE GIRL has died in hospital after she was pulled out to sea off Termonfeckin beach in Co Louth.
The Irish Coast Guard was alerted to an incident involving a missing swimmer at about 1.30pm today.
The girl was pulled out to sea by a rip current.
A winchman was lowered into the sea after the girl was spotted from the air. He then swam with her to shore and she was airlifted by rescue helicopter R116 to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in a serious condition.
She has since been pronounced dead.
RNLI lifeboats from Skerries and Clogherhead were also tasked to assist in the rescue if required, and were stood down after the girl was recovered.
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I hope this young girl will be ok and makes a full recovery! Well done to the Irish rescue service
@Olive Tierney: hi read it again unfortunately she passed away
@Basek Jon: it was updated after Olive made her comment with the sad news that the girl has passed away.
@Basek Jon: she didn’t misread it, you did. Up the top it says it was updated 20 minutes ago.
@Basek Jon: the poor girl hadn’t passed away when I put my comment up! So very sad R.I.P.
My sincere sympathy to the family and friends of this wee girl and thank you to the emergency services, who did their very best to save her life.
Rip. Very unfortunate and sad outcome. Well done to the rescue crews and all those involved.
Please God the girl will Be ok great work from the coast guard
@john: R.I.P sad
@john: the story headline says shes dead very sad
@Ian O’Rourke: I know just up date the story that she passed away
@john: unfortunately she passed away
Very sad. Rip little angel.
Well done to these guys. The Air ambulance and rescue service etc is the future, hopefully all hospitals will be able to receive such patients and with further support from the government every community across Ireland will feel safer in the knowledge that they can be reached extremely quickly and be safely transported to a hospital well within the golden hour.
@Supes Kz: hi updating she passed away
@Basek Jon: Dreadfully sad news
Such a horrible and unfortunate turn of events :( so sad.. Please respect the water this summer folks, never know when things can change
Would anyone know why they didn’t winch her to helicopter and head straight to hospital?
@RJ: drogheda like most hospitals in Ireland has no ability to receive patients via helicopter
@Ian McNally: oops misread the question also it turns out drogheda does have that ability
@RJ: The helicopter landed next to the hospital in a sports field and she was transferred by ambulance across the road.
@Ian McNally: That has to be remedied. Emergency Air ambulance and rescue is the future and needs further support from the government, it will undoubtedly save countless lives across Ireland make every community across the island of Ireland feel safer and vitally get many people in critical condition to hospital in the within the golden hour time period.
@RJ: they did .. the winchman was lowered to the water .. he swam to shore with her and she was airlifted to hospital . Maybe too dangerous to winch her up from water
@Supes Kz: Road going ambulances can do the same thing.. provided there’s enough of them and they’re resourced properly, and unlike helicopters can be deployed in all weather and at night.
@An bhearna: Its not an either or question for example Irish community rapid response service in Cork combines both and is fantastic service, road ambulances are very suitable is some nearby instances.
But they are nowhere as rapid as air for example the air coverage service based in Cork can cover most of Cork and Kerry in 10 mins or less and even as far as all of Galway and half of roscommon in under 40 minutes. It can fly at speeds close to 200 miles per hour as the crow flies. It is also not easily grounded by weather as you suggest and can fly at night I believe as it is a military grade Augusta helicopter. Both ground and air have their place.
@Supes Kz: So no road ambulances can most certainly not do the same thing but they can do their own thing very well
Very sad news. I try to teach my child the real danger of the sea !! God bless her parents, tragic.
God rest her poor soul. Her poor family…sincere condolences to them!! Hot weather means more people entering the water….please God there will be no more tragedies of this kind this Summer!
So sorry to hear this terrible news. I was on the beach when this poor girl was brought in and my heart goes out to all her heartbroken friends on the beach and her family and also to the brave emergency men and women who tried so hard to save her. RIP.
Sad
R.I.P sad news
Awful. RIP
Rip.
Awful
Rip. Condolences to Family. X
So so sad. Have a 14 year old daughter myself. It sends shivers down my spine. RIP God help the family and friends
Very very sad another young life gone to soon. R.I.P. little pet. Xx
Rescue 116 has been way too busy in recent days, probably been over my house 3 to 4 yimes a day for the last week, dont be stupid and stay safe around water people, rip to the the poor girl, rip/under currents are real here too not just something you see on bondi rescue
How dreadfully, dreadfully sad. RIP
Very sad. The poor girl was probably looking forward to her summer holidays. Things go wrong very quickly. R.I.P.
Oh no… peace to her now. RIP
Such a tragedy. Another young life gone too soon. Many thanks to all the brave and brilliant men and women in the emergency services involved. Condolences to the family and friends. RIP
People need to be able to identify rip tides, they appear as flat calm areas between normal waves each side. Check them out on Google
Omg, every parents worst nightmare, rest in peace hun, so so sad xx
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