Moorhead Woman Injured in Boating Accident

 

A Moorhead woman was flown to Sanford West Saturday after a freak boating accident on Loon Lake near Vergas. According to reports, the accident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. on Loon Lake. Grant Connelly, age 19 of Moorhead, was in operation of a pontoon boat with multiple passengers. One passenger, 19 year old Claire Holland, jumped from the pontoon. She then attempted to get back on the boat, using the rear ladder. Connelly subsequently lost sight of Holland in the water, and Holland was struck by the still-rotating propeller. She suffered severe lacerations to her left thigh and was flown by helicopter to Sanford West.