Nebraska woman seriously injured after getting hit by propeller at Lake of the Ozarks
Haley Swaino
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 33-year-old Nebraska woman was seriously injured Saturday at the Lake of the Ozarks after she was hit by a boat propeller, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
The report says the boat – a 2023 Landau pontoon driven by a 22-year-old Nebraska man – was headed east at mile marker 6 of the Big Niangua Arm of the lake around 3:00 p.m. when the man put it in reverse instead of neutral.
The boat then moved backwards and hit the woman while she was swimming in the water, the report says.
She suffered serious injuries and was flown to University Hospital by helicopter.