Three Injured In Boating Accident
Posted: Sat 1:45 PM, Aug 01, 2015
A woman operating the boat towing the inflatable made an evasive action to avoid colliding with a second boat that had a skier down in the water. The move caused the inflatable to travel out of the towing boat's wake and collide with the side of the downed skier's boat around 7:45 p.m.
Two 13-year-old girls and one 12-year-old girl were riding on the inflatable. One of the 13-year-olds was taken by medical helicopter to Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. The other two victims were taken to Nebraska Medicine by ambulance.
Their injuries included broken bones and internal injuries not considered to be life threatening. All three girls were wearing life jackets.
The occupants of both boats and the skier were not hurt.