Three workers injured when the submarine they were dismantling sank in Cartagena

Three workers have been rescued and treated in the hospital when the submarine they were dismantling sank this Tuesday, in the Escombreras dock, in Cartagena, according to sources from the Emergency Coordination Center.

It was at 8:26 a.m. when Salvamento Marítimo informed the single emergency telephone number 112 that three people injured were being transported to the port when the submarine whose dismantling they were working on sank in the sea.

Two workers have been evacuated to a berth in the port of Escombreras and a third to the cruise terminal in the port of Cartagena. In total, ambulances with health workers from the Emergency Management Unit 061 have been mobilized to both points, guided by the Port Police.

The health workers stabilized three men, ages 46, 35 and 31, who have been evacuated to the Santa Lucía hospital in Cartagena.

Sources from the regional government have confirmed to EL MUNDO that two of them are currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while the other person remains in the emergency room.