AP
Updated Jun 26, 2016
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ — Bullhead City police say 13-year-old girl was killed after a boat crashed into a personal watercraft she was riding.
Police say that the girl was on the personal watercraft near Davis Camp South beach about 12:37 p.m. Saturday when it was hit by a 20-foot boat driven by a 42-year-old man from Long Beach, California.
Investigators say the girl was riding the personal watercraft with an 8-year-old girl, and it was driven by a 42-year-old woman from Colton, California.
Police say the 13-year-old suffered head injuries and died after she was taken to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, where she died. The driver of the personal watercraft suffered a collapsed lung and a broken arm and was taken to a hospital in Las Vegas. The 8-year-old girl had a large cut on her left arm, as well as a broken left hand, forearm and upper arm.
Police say the driver of the boat was charged with operating a watercraft while intoxicated.
We were there it was by the bridge were it switches from Laughlin to Bullhead Arizona. My cousin was there on our seadoo and him and his friend jump in to help the 13 year old girl because she was unconscious, face down in the water and he feared that if she was still alive she would drown since he didn't know the severity of the injuries. While the intoxicated man on the boat threw his alcoholic substances in the water. It's very sad and I send my sincere condolences to the family.