Boat ejects passengers, two women hurt
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SPRINGFIELD — Two women were injured when they and at least one other person were ejected from a boat Sunday night on Blood River and the empty boat then circled back and ran over the women, wildlife authorities said Monday.
The 16-foot motorized boat took on water in a curve on the river in southeastern Livingston Parish around 9 p.m. Sunday, said Lt. Cullen Sellers, enforcement agent with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
With the water rushing into the aluminum boat, it veered off in one direction, throwing all the passengers, and then circled back over them, Sellers said.
The incident happened just south of Blood River Landing and about a half-mile north of La. 22, which crosses near the confluence of the Blood and Tickfaw rivers.
Sellers said the injuries are not serious at this time. He did not immediately have the boat passengers’ names or ages or a precise count of many people were in the boat.
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