WHILE BOATING ON LAKE TALQUIN WITH FAMILY MEMBERS subject STUCK A PLASTIC PADDLE IN THE WATER FROM THE BOW OF THE PONTOON BOAT WHILE IT WAS UNDER WAY. THE FORCE OF THE VESSEL MOVING THROUGH THE WATER ON THE PADDLE PULLED HER OVERBOARD. SHE WAS THEN STRUCK BY THE PONTOONS SHARP SKEG AS SHE WENT UNDER THE VESSEL. HER FATHER, THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL, JUMPED OVERBOARD AND RETRIVED HER FROM THE WATER AS SHE FLOATED UP BEHIND THE VESSEL. THE INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING, BUT SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH A BROKEN AND LACERATED LEFT ARM AND A THREE INCH CUT TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD.
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