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Two injured in Greenwood County boating accident

Two injured in Greenwood County boating accident

Two injured in Greenwood County boating accident

Two people were hurt in a weekend boating accident reported on the Fall River in Greenwood County.

The sheriff’s office in Eureka reported in a press release that the accident happened Saturday evening, when a boat traveling at high speed struck a bridge at 70th Street.  The driver had a minor head injury and three others were thrown from the boat.    A man and woman were not injured but another woman had hip and ankle injuries along with possible head injuries.  She was taken to a Wichita hospital.

Boats from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks were able to get to the accident scene and rescue the four people involved in the crash.   The crash is still under investigation.

(photo from the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office via Facebook)

 

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