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Eleven-year-old girl injured by boat propeller reportedly in stable condition

A child who was injured in a boating incident Sunday is said to be in stable condition.
Credit: FOX West Texas

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The San Angelo Police Department said in a press release that the 11-year-old girl involved in a boating incident, where she was injured by a boat propeller, is in stable condition.

According to the release, at approximately 2:30 p.m. Sunday, San Angelo Police were dispatched to a boating incident on Lake Nasworthy off 2700 Red Bluff Ramp Road.

An investigation conducted by the department’s Lake Patrol officers revealed the girl, who was wearing a life jacket, had been swimming with friends near the shoreline when her legs became entangled with a disabled boat’s moving propeller.

The boat’s operator rescued the girl from the water and applied a makeshift tourniquet before jumping into the water and pulling the boat to shore with help from the boat’s other occupants.

Once onshore, SAPD lake officers applied two combat application tourniquets (C-A-T) to the swimmer’s legs, which were covered with numerous lacerations.

The girl was transported to Shannon Medical Center where she underwent emergency surgery. She is reportedly in stable condition.

Alcohol was not a factor in yesterday’s accident and the department is grateful for the boaters’ quick actions and swimmer’s use of a life jacket. 

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