RIDEM Off. was dispatched to the RI Yacht Club, Cranston, RI for a boating accident that occurred on 6-18-13 in the Providence River. When he arrived on scene, Cranston Fire advised him that one of the passengers on the boat was being transported to RI Hospital. The vessel involved was a 1994, 35ft sailboat owned and operated by subject. Operator stated that he was racing with a crew of 5 when one of them was injured. The injured's leg got pinched between a sheet (line) and the pulpit rail. Off. arrived at RI Hospital and met with Lamontagne. She reported that she was trying to release the sheet but it was under too much tension and then her leg got pinned between the pulpit rail when the boat turned.
CRANSTON