Friday, June 22, 2007

KANSAS CITY'S BREAKING NEWS: Boats Overturned By High Winds At Smithville Lake

At 10:28 pm- Clay County MO Sheriff's department was sending deputies and Smithville police to "under the W-Highway bridge" over Smithville Lake "Where 4 boats were overturned by high winds."

The dispatch also says other boaters were assisting "5-10 people out of the water" and that "one injured has been taken by boat" to a marina at Smithville Lake.


More as received....
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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE:
At 10:51 pm- Smithville-EMS is enroute to the Little Platte boat ramp on Smithville Lake for a "person on the shoreline with cuts on the arm and going in and out of consciousness."

At 10:45pm- it was reported "2 people were out of the water on the rocks but one person was still in the water."
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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE:
At 11:04 pm- MAST-EMS is enroute mutual aid on "multiple victims- possibly 10 patients under the W-Highway bridge"- from high winds that overturned 4 boats on Smithville Lake around 10:25 pm Friday night.

Heavy storms there now have prevented a medical helicopter from responding.
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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE:
At 11:27 pm- two Northland EMS units are enroute to a Northland trauma center with a total of 4 patients.
Have yet to hear the disposition of the MAST ambulance sent to the W-Highway bridge.
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