freddog
Jack-Booted Thug
 
Gilbert, AZ
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Posted: June 18 2006,10:30 pm |
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Her leg was amputated at the hospital just below the knee. She had some pretty bad lacerations, and quite a few of them because, due to the design and structure of pontoon boats, the boat did not just pass over her, she became entrapped at the motor.
I can't tell you how many people I stop every day for bow/transom/gunnel riding and try to explain how dangerous it is. You might as well just stick you hand in the garbage disposal. They just don't get it. We were just having fun, nothing's gonna happen to me. Oh, and while most people think I'm just picking on them when I arrest them for OUI, and it's just innocent fun, and why don't I go catch the REAL criminals and the jet skiers? Without getting into it, the #1 (Ok, really the only factor) that caused that tragedy Saturday?  and not just the victim.
A sincere "thank you" from the Sheriff's Office to those taking the time to render assistance. Just the early notification to the Sheriff's Office so we could have an air ambulance there a little sooner may have saved her life. As you may or may not know, the Sheriff's Office has volunteer EMT's and a contract paramedic on each squad on the weekends, not to mention that most of the deputies working the lakes are also EMTs, all of which routinely see and treat this kind of trauma. The faster anyone can get to someone in that kind of situation the better, and seconds sometimes count. You and all your group deserve a big pat on the back. 
Please be careful out there folks. It's gotten too routine for me dealing with this kind of thing because I've done it so long and so many times, but I don't want you guys to have to see it or experience it. Use the common sense your momma gave you and don't make me give you a refresher course. 
Carbon Monoxide poisoning kills boaters.  Take the time to learn about it and how to avoid it.
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7-09-2026 Three Word Post.....The Next Generation.... (Rep.#20,229) from: BigDog
Sorry to hear that. Summer has not even officially begun and we've heard of too many accidents already. 
I don't think anybody can react that fast. After incidents like this is when you hear how dangerous boating is. It's not the boating that's dangerous, it's the non educated boaters (People that don't know about boating, rules, ect.) that are.......And the ones that think that it'll never happen to them. 
