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Shaylen Wright, 24, seriously injured when ski boat strikes her during tubing accident on Stockton Lake east of Arcola, Missouri

Modified Date: 
Fri, 08/21/2015 - 9:40am
Accident Date: 
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Woman seriously injured after being struck by boat on Stockton Lake(link is external)

A woman was seriously injured after she was struck by a ski boat on Stockton Lake. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Water Patrol Division, the driver of the vessel attempted to pull a woman on a tube just before 3:00 p.m. Nobody else was injured. Thursday in the Big Sac Arm, about six-miles east of Arcola. The Patrol says the boat's steering wheel was turned all the way to the left when it was powered to go, causing it to go in a circle, striking 24-year-old Shaylen Wright of Roundlake Park, Illinois.
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Type: Boat Accident
Topics: 
Rafting or inflatable watercraft
People Involved: 
Shaylen Wright
Roadway: 
Big Sac Arm
City: 
Arcola, MO
County: 
Dade County, MO
Area: 
Springfield, MO

Comments

Submitted by Brenda Wright on Tue, 06/07/2022 - 1:32pm

Our accident was due to renting a broken boat that brought us into what is called The Circle of Death as our lawyers proved

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