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Two people winched to safety after yacht gets into trouble off Banks Peninsula

May 14, 2019
Emergency services were mobilised to transport those injured to Christchurch Hospital.

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Two people have been rescued after a yacht got into distress at Sleepy Bay off Banks Peninsula.

Police got a call of the yacht being washed up on the rocks at 9.10am this morning.

Around that time police say an eyewitness called to report a sighting of an emergency flare and orange life raft in the water.

Police, the Coast guard, Search and Rescue and St John Ambulance were notified.

At 9.40am St John called the Westpac Rescue Helicopter which flew to the scene and winched two people from the life raft to safety.

The two who are reportedly not injured are being transported to a landing zone at Lyttelton Rugby Ground where they will be met by police.

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