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Propeller accidents can be one of the most deadly accidents suffered by boat operators and passengers. Recently, here on the Connecticut River, a runaway boat whose operator had fallen overboard struck a sailboat. Four people were ejected from the sailboat and quickly pulled from the water. Three survivors were taken to a hospital in New Haven. One woman was killed.
The deceased woman was identified as a 53 year-old woman from South Windsor who also suffered a severe amputation in this incident. "It looked like the propeller had done a lot of damage," stated a witness. Conflicting reports indicate one of the other victims may have had an arm severed by a propeller as well (some say it was a man and others say a woman). Others say the third seriously injured person also had an arm sliced by the propeller.
While the initial news report did not call it a propeller strike, several later news stories did. A Sea Tow boat finally stopped the runaway by "snagging the propeller with a line." Other reports indicate the Sea Tow boat tried to tie off the propeller to a cleat on their boat and managed to flip their own boat, with their own people then having to be rescued by Tow Boat U.S
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