Tourist hit by migrant boat in Tuerredda: it's serious

The young woman was on a SUP in Sardinia when she was hit by the boat with 14 people on board

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An eighteen-year-old tourist was hit by a small boat with 14 migrants while using a SUP in Tuerredda, Sardinia.
Serious fractures and early drowning reported; transported by air ambulance to Cagliari.

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Landing of migrants and migratory flows in southern Sardinia.

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An 18-year-old girl was transported by air ambulance to the Brotzu hospital in Cagliari in serious condition after being hit by a migrant boat in the waters of Tuerredda, on the south-western coast of Sardinia.

The girl, a tourist, was in the water with a SUP in front of Tuerredda beach when she was hit by a small boat carrying 14 migrants from North Africa. The girl reportedly suffered several fractures after being hit and almost drowned. She was joined by the lifeguard, who took her to shore; then the Areus helicopter landed on the beach and transported the tourist to hospital in Cagliari.

The occupants of the boat were subsequently intercepted by the police. A squad car from the Carbonia police station also intervened on site.