A 13-year-old Utah girl on a family outing was fatally injured by a falling tree at Detroit Lake May 24.
At approximately 3:40 p.m. Marine Patrol deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a boating accident in the Box Canyon area. The caller reported two pontoon style boats were near the shoreline tethered together, when the top of a large tree fell, striking both boats. The caller said someone was severely injured and taken by boat to the Mongold Boat Ramp for help.
Emergency personnel arrived at the ramp and found CPR being administered to the victim. Life Flight was called for transport, however, the victim did not survive and was pronounced dead at the scene.
