Isla de la Piedra resident dies amputated by his own boat

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The mishap was registered on the beaches of Isla de la Piedra; Apparently a wave hit his boat causing him to lose his balance and fall into the water.

A boatman lost his life when he fell into the sea and was hit by the propeller of his own boat.

The events were recorded when the impact of a wave hit the boat and caused the driver to shoot out to sea, being adrift, the boat began to rotate on its same axis with the engine running and it was the propeller that reached the victim wounding him in the chest and amputating his right arm.

When he was unconscious at sea, he was rescued by other colleagues and taken to receive medical attention, moments later he lost his life.

Source: noroeste.com.mx, tvpacifico.mx

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