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West Monroe pastor's daughter dies in swimming accident
Posted on 8/25/14 at 1:33 am
Posted on 8/25/14 at 1:33 am
Girl dies in swimmimg accident
Damn, never know these days what can happen. People with pontoon boats check your wiring
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Rickey Jones, Tensas Parish Sheriff, says four girls were swimming in the lake near the boat house when they were shocked by the ladder of the pontoon boat. Jones says they were called to a private camp on the lake around 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon. Jones says the motor in the boat house that operates the lift, had a malfunction and grounded on the pontoon boat and charged it. Two of the girls had to be retrieved from the water after they were shocked. A 13-year-old girl has since died at the hospital, a 17-year-old girl was also flown to Rapides General and is in serious condition.
Damn, never know these days what can happen. People with pontoon boats check your wiring
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Posted on 8/25/14 at 5:20 am to Nascar Fan
Sad news. I saw some posts about the incident last night on FB, but didn't know what happened. I thought it was a drunk boater at fault, just because that's the norm on boating accidents. This is completely unfathomable.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 6:30 am to Nascar Fan
I can't begin to imagine how hard it would to lose a child. Prayers sent to them folks. Make every minute count with your loved ones guys.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 7:20 am to Nascar Fan
Had a good friend in high school get killed by a boat David grounding out and electrocuting him. Sad.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 8:06 am to SoFla Tideroller
Had a similair issue in this area back at the beginning of the summer. A houseboat had a grounding issue and shocked a child as he tried to climb back on board. He went limp and came close to drowning. Luckily someone saw what happened and jumped in to help him.
Several years ago we rented a place on the lake and i got a pretty good shock when i touched the ladder on the dock - we had t ofind the breaker and shut the power off to be able to swim.
Several years ago we rented a place on the lake and i got a pretty good shock when i touched the ladder on the dock - we had t ofind the breaker and shut the power off to be able to swim.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 8:11 am to Chris4x4gill2
But this says the motor in the boat house...it operated the lift. How would that get a charge to the boat thru straps? I'm not hugely educated in electrical knowledge.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 8:17 am to GeeOH
Steel cable from the lift was probably in contact with barge somewhere
Posted on 8/25/14 at 8:32 am to jorconalx
Had a similar incident several years ago after water rose over our boat house, once it went down I was pulling an aluminum boat in and grabbed the cables to guide it.
Woke up in the bottom of the boat after being shocked and knocked out cold. Lucky I didn't fall in the water.
Woke up in the bottom of the boat after being shocked and knocked out cold. Lucky I didn't fall in the water.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 8:37 am to Nascar Fan
This is so sad.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 8:46 am to Nascar Fan
Terrible news from Mecca. I think some of my in-law's attend that church.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 8:47 am to Nascar Fan
I knew this family really well in high school (they were living in DeRidder at the time)....sad situation
Posted on 8/25/14 at 9:50 am to Nascar Fan
Any electrical power run near water needs to be tended to very very carefully. Grounding is way more important than people realize.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 9:54 am to gorillacoco
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Any electrical power run near water needs to be tended to very very carefully. Grounding is way more important than people realize.
Agree 100%
Posted on 8/25/14 at 10:08 am to Nascar Fan
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Damn, never know these days what can happen. People with pontoon boats check your wiring
Not pontoon boat wiring. DC would be fine. Boat lift motor was grounding to pontoon
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