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Coast Guard helps 6 from grounded boat in Ore.

The Columbian
Published: June 15, 2010, 12:00am

REEDSPORT, Ore. (AP) — The Coast Guard says it helped six people off a grounded 21-foot vessel at Winchester Point in Oregon’s Umpqua River.

The Coast Guard received a distress call Monday morning and dispatched both a ground party and a motor lifeboat crew.

The water was too shallow for the lifeboat to get close, but the ground party was able to reach the people needing assistance.

Their boat was taking on water from the incoming surf. The Coast Guard says the vessel was left to be recovered by a salvage operator. No injuries were reported.

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