Tourist airlifted to hospital after falling off speedboat

A 48-year-old German woman, Wildschtz Pasqual, was airlifted from Comino to Mater Dei Hospital yesterday afternoon after falling off a speedboat, the police said. The woman, who is holidaying in Malta, is reported to have suffered a spinal injury but...

A 48-year-old German woman, Wildschtz Pasqual, was airlifted from Comino to Mater Dei Hospital yesterday afternoon after falling off a speedboat, the police said.

The woman, who is holidaying in Malta, is reported to have suffered a spinal injury but was not on the danger list.

An AFM Alouette helicopter, with two combat-medics and rescuers on board, was deployed to airlift the tourist from Comino to Malta.

The police are investigating.

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