14 Yr-Old GIrl Dies From Jet Ski Crash

A Jet Ski collision on Beaver Lake claimed the life of a 14 year-old girl on Thursday, June 11th.  The incident took place a little before 6 p.m. at 9654 Prairie Creek Marina Road.  Two eyewitnesses said the 14 year-old was driving full-speed ahead in front of two other family members on another Jet Ski when she did a doughnut in the water.  The other driver, an adult, was unable to stop in time, t-boning the victim.

Alan Bland, a ranger with Army Corps of Engineers, said the Jet Ski hit the teenager in the head knocking her in the water.  He said she was taken by ambulance then by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Rogers where the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission confirmed she died.  Rogers Fire Chief Tom Jenkins said only minor injuries were sustained by the other two people.

According to Bland, it is illegal for anyone under the age of sixteen to operate a water craft.  This is the third death on Beaver Lake in 2015.  It is the first involving a water craft, while the other two were drownings.

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