Two are rescued after boat capsizes

Monday 18th April 2011, 2:29PM BST.

One of the men rescued from Belle Greve Bay on Saturday evening is led ashore to a waiting ambulance. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 1124383)

TWO men whose boat overturned in Belle Greve Bay were taken to hospital to be treated for hypothermia.

Emergency services attended the scene at around 7.30pm on Saturday.

The two individuals, aged 47 and 53, were fished out of the water by rescue boats and wrapped in blankets.

They were then taken to a pontoon at La Salerie where an ambulance was waiting.

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