FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) — A U.S. Coast Guard crew came to the rescue of a family of six after, officials said, their boat ran aground near Fort Myers, Friday evening.

The crew responded to a distress call after the vessel got stranded in a sandbar about four miles southwest of Sanibel Island, just after 7:30 p.m.

Crews tranported the Cape Coral residents, made up of four adults and two children, to a nearby rescue station.

No injuries were reported.

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