Portland, OR — A woman was hospitalized after she was struck by a propeller in a boating accident that police believe was caused by an intoxicated woman. The accident happened on the Williamette River, near the Freemont Bridge, on Saturday, July 25, 2015.
It was around 5:30 in the afternoon when the accident took place. Local officials say that the woman hurt in the accident had been a passenger inside a pontoon boat that had crashed near the bridge. Reports don’t say exactly how or why the boat had crashed.
The injured woman was one of many swimming in the water when 34-year-old Haley Ronningen put the boat in gear and the propeller struck the woman’s leg, cutting it.
Emergency workers were able to take the woman to Oregon Health & Science University Hospital. Officials haven’t said how severe her injuries are.
Police arrested Ronningen and charged her with boating under the influence.
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