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Woman on Carnival Splendor near Norfolk medevaced by Coast Guard

Posted at 8:10 PM, Oct 23, 2013
and last updated 2013-10-23 22:51:46-04

Norfolk, Va. - On Wednesday, the Coast Guard medevaced a 57-year-old woman from the Carnival Splendor 80 miles east of Norfolk.

They received the call at 10:45 a.m. about the woman who needed medical assistance.

Crews on an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Elizabeth City responded.

They arrived at 12:30 p.m. and lifted the woman into the helicopter and she was then taken to Sentara Norfolk General.

There's no word on her condition.