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Has been updated: April 24, 2023 at 12:40 PM
(Photo courtesy of the Mojave County Sheriff’s Office)
PHOENIX — Authorities credit life jackets that saved two people from surviving after their boat capsized on Lake Havasu last week.
Three adults aboard the 43-foot Outer Limits boat were ejected when the vessel lost control in the northern reaches of the lake and capsized on Friday, the Mojave County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
By the time the sheriff’s office rescue team arrived, good Samaritan boaters had pulled the people out of the water.
According to the release, two of the subjects were prone when rescued, but were wearing personal flotation devices.
They were taken to hospital in critical but stable condition.
“This incident shows that life jackets save lives,” the sheriff’s office said.
An investigation is ongoing, but speed appears to be a contributing factor to the boat losing control and capsizing, according to a release.
Lake Havasu is located on the Arizona-California border, about 60 miles south of Kingman.
