Reply With QuoteHave a feeling this going to be a bad summer.
Anybody have more details. We were at the south end of the lake today.
Saturday, June 3, 2006 6:48 PM MDT
Ten people were injured Saturday in a boat accident south of the Sanbar.
Three of the injuries were serious head wounds, said James Whitt, battalion chief for the Lake Havasu City Fire Department.
Paramedics also treated two leg fractures, an abdominal injury and an assortment of bumps, bruises and minor lacerations. In all, 13 people were transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center, the majority of which were school teachers from Phoenix, Whitt said.
For more details, check out tomorrow's print edition of Today's News-Herald.
Have a feeling this going to be a bad summer.
Wow....that's alot of people involved... :220v:
this really is NOT the way to be getting the season under way. Sounds like all were lucky with minor to moderate injuries, glad it was not worse.
Passed by it around 4 Pm and it was a mess it was just south of the MINI SANDBAR... COP boats were already there and almost all of them were heading to the scene.. It looked BAD....
Some were airlifted to vegas..
And one person still missing. Very sad deal.
very sad to hear
Sunday AM report:
One person missing after accident near Sandbar
By Tony Raap
Saturday, June 3, 2006 11:11 PM MDT
News-Herald Photos/David Bell Personnel from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, Lake Havasu City Fire Department and Lake Havasu City Police Department help take one of the victims of Saturday's boat accident on Lake Havasu to a waiting ambulance at Lake Havasu State Park Windsor Beach.
A collision between at least two boats south of the Sandbar Saturday afternoon resulted in 13 injures.
The whereabouts of one person involved in the crash was still unknown Saturday night.
The accident occurred shortly before 3:30 p.m. three of the victims suffered serious head injuries, according to Lake Havasu City Fire Department Battalion Chief James Whitt.
One of the boats involved carried 14 teachers from Phoenix, Whitt said.
One of the injured was in critical condition; two others were listed as serious, according to Whitt.
Rescue crews transported the victims from the Sandbar area to Lake Havasu State Park Windsor Beach, where they were taken to Havasu Regional Medical Center.
It was not known late Saturday how the accident happened.
At Windsor, paramedics treated two leg fractures, an abdominal injury and an assortment of bumps, bruises and minor lacerations. At least three people involved were not injured, Whitt said.
Dive teams from San Bernardino, Calif., and Mohave County called off the search for the missing person around 7:10 p.m. because of darkness. The search will resume this morning.
Officers from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, Lake Havasu City Fire Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office and Lake Havasu City Fire Department were involved in rescue efforts, as well as personnel from River Medical.
You may reach the reporter at raap@havasunews.com
My mom and dad said that they were on their way to topock this morning and as soon as they passed the accident site there was a barrier put up so no one else could get through.... they dont know if they are going to be able to get back to the lake......
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