DATE/TIME: July 3, 2022, 12:06 p.m.
INCIDENT: Major Injury Boat Accident
LOCATION: Roadrunner Floating Dock Bar / 7000 Riverside Dr. Parker, Arizona
SUMMARY: Deputies from the Colorado River Station Marine Enforcement Unit responded to the report of a major injury boat collision at the Roadrunner floating dock bar on the Parker Strip. During the investigation, it was discovered a 17-year-old male victim sustained major trauma to the lower extremities when he was struck by a boat's propeller, as the boat was backing away from the shoreline.
The victim was transported by a San Bernardino County Air Rescue helicopter to a Phoenix trauma center and is listed in stable condition. Alcohol was not a factor in the accident.
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Refer: Deputy Bryant Moore
Station: Colorado River Station
Phone No. (760) 326-9200
Case No. 252200059
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
