3 crew injured as guard vessel crashes into wind turbine

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Two injured crew were evacuated from a vessel that had collided with a wind turbine in the North Sea, the Royal Dutch Rescue Society (KNRM) has confirmed.

The incident is just one of an increasing number that are happening as a result of the expansion of offshore wind farms and inadequate buffer zones, warns the Dutch Safety Board.

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