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3 Children tubing struck by boat propeller Norris Lake TN 8 June 2018

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· Saturday, June 9th, 2018 at 11:02 AM 
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Four children were riding a towed tube on Norris Lake north of Knoxville Tennessee on Friday, June 8, 2018. The boat was near Goat Rock Island in LaFollette, Tennessee at White Bridge in Lonas Young Memorial Park per 10news / WBIR. The boat was a small center console boat powered by a Johnson outboard motor, […]

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12 year-old New York boy killed by boat propeller during sailing lesson

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· Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 at 09:21 PM 
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Three boys in a sailing class at Centerport Yacht Club on the north side of Long Island, New York were out sailing in Northport Harbor Tuesday afternoon 18 July, 2017. Their boat was capsized on purpose as part of a man overboard exercise. Two of the boys stayed with the sailboat. The third boy was […]

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10 ejected from boat in Lake Gage IN Circle of Death accident VIDEO

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· Monday, July 17th, 2017 at 11:51 AM 
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Ten people were onboard a 21 foot Ski Nautique on Lake Gage in Steuben County Indiana about 7:15pm Saturday July 15, 2017. Dominique Effinger a 20 year old female was operating the boat. The boat took a hard turn and all ten people on board were ejected. The unmanned boat went into the Circle of […]

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Patrick Oliver dies from propeller wounds from trying to rescue his daughter Katlyn

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· Friday, July 7th, 2017 at 08:07 PM 
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Earlier, we covered the accident in which Patrick and his daughter Katlyn Oliver were swimming behind a houseboat on their way back to shore. Katlyn Oliver, 4, killed by houseboat propeller on Lake Belton in Texas. They were returning to shore after Katyln’s first boat ride. The house boat engines were started and reversed, Katyln […]

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Katlyn Oliver, 4, killed by houseboat propeller on Lake Belton in Texas

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· Saturday, June 24th, 2017 at 06:49 PM 
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Katlyn Oliver, 4, was swimming behind a houseboat at Temple Lake Park, on Belton Lake near Fort Hood Army base in Texas. On Monday 26 June KWTX reports Katlyn and her father were swimming back to shore after taking a ride in another boat. Katlyn was excited and anxious to tell others about her first […]

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Yu Chen, Wakesurfer, killed by Univ Wisconsin Rescue boat propeller 21 May 2017

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· Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 at 01:21 PM 
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Yu Chen, 43, an accomplished wakesurfer (Sail Surfer) was teaching lessons on Lake Mendota in Wisconsin about 6 pm Wednesday 31 May 2017. The University of Wisconsin maintains a Lifesaving Station on the lake. Their boat was returning from a rescue to Governors Island when Yu Chen was struck between the UW LifeSaving Station and […]

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Master Deputy Devin Hodges Funeral is Today (6 June 2017) entrapped on propeller

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· Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 at 09:39 AM 
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Deputy Devin Hodges of Anderson South Carolina Sheriff’s Office drowned while entrapped on a boat propeller on Lake Hartwell, 1 June 2017. We previously covered the accident at Deputy killed by boat propeller. As a well liked young man, serving in law enforcement, leaving behind a wife and four young children, there has been a […]

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Deputy Devin Hodges killed by boat propeller during training exercises on Lake Hartwell in SC

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· Friday, June 2nd, 2017 at 11:12 AM 
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Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) in South Carolina was conducting on water training exercises in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on Lake Hartwell in the Singing Pines Recreational area near Starr South Carolina on Thursday 1 June 2017. ACSO Deputy Devin Hodges and another ACSO person were on a USACE boat […]

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5 year old stops boat in Circle of Death: Cowichan Bay / Vancouver Island Canada

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· Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 at 10:29 AM 
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This report is of a near miss propeller propeller accident that could have been avoided if the operator had been wearing a kill switch per Canadian authorities. It also points out the dangers of hypothermia while boating in cold waters that were stressed in the recent NBSAC meeting. Thursday night, 23 March 2017, a family […]

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Matthew Meinert killed by boat propeller in Denton Creek, Texas, 2 year old Oliver survived

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· Monday, March 13th, 2017 at 05:26 PM 
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On Monday, 6 March 2017, Matthew Meinert, 38 of Trophy Club Texas, and his two year old son, Oliver, went fishing in Denton Creek near Lake Grapevine in the Fort Worth – Dallas Texas area. Matthew Meinert was last seen Monday near Lake Grapevine. Matthew and Oliver launched their boat about 5 pm Monday from […]

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