A woman and her seven-year-old child have reportedly been rescued after falling overboard from a ferry travelling from Sweden to Poland.

Rescue services told Swedish news agency TT that the seven-year-old fell in and the woman jumped in after.

The two were being winched to a helicopter and were being taken to a hospital, Stefan Land from the Swedish Maritime Administration told TT.

He did not specify their condition.

Be the first to get Breaking News

Install the Sky News app for free

The ferry, Stena Spirit, was in the Baltic Sea midway through its journey to Gdynia in Poland from Karlskrona in Sweden when the incident occurred on Thursday.

A large rescue effort was initiated, with several helicopters and NATO ships in the area helping out, TT reported.

The Stena Spirit can hold up to 1,300 passengers, according to Stena Line’s website.

Related posts:

Dubai’s ‘missing’ princess reveals moment she knew her escape had failed ‘Caring’ English teacher found dead after going missing in Japan Taliban fighters in Afghanistan enter second provincial capital in as many days One of the most historic gambles in sport: The key moments from an Olympics like no other Paris attacks suspect tells court he is ‘a soldier of Islamic State’ Kurdish travel agent thinks about Channel migrant deaths every day but defends his role in network Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang ‘dies in COVID quarantine hotel’ Turkey makes formal request to UN to change name to Turkiye More towns and cities will be retaken, vows Zelenskyy, amid jubilation in Kherson Russia launches ‘massive missile attack’ on Ukraine Giant aquarium home to 1,500 fish bursts at Berlin hotel North Korea simulates nuclear counterattack against US and South Korea