NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) – A parent’s worst nightmare came true after a tragic boating accident in the Florida Keys Friday.
The Naples Daily News reports 13-year-old Harlie Smith of Naples died after she got caught in a boat propeller.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told the newspaper she was on the boat with her parents when she saw a lobster and jumped in the water.
Her father, 49-year-old George Smith, the boat’s operator, was unaware the teen was in the water behind the boat and put the 31-foot Boston Whaler in reverse and backed over his daughter, the FWC said.
The newspaper said Smith suffered “a severe laceration to the right leg” from the boat’s propeller. She was taken to Lower Keys Medical Center where she died from her injuries.
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