Teen Flown to Hospital after Waverunners Collide
One person was flown to the hospital after a collision involving two Waverunners in mid-Missouri.
The Missouri Water Patrol responded to the Thomas Hill Lake around 3 p.m. Saturday. The personal watercraft operators were reportedly jumping waves when they collided. Troopers say a Waverunner operated by 40-year-old Bobbie Shaver of Clark struck a second Waverunner operated by 16-year-old Collin Knight of Ashland, Mo.
Both drivers and a passenger were ejected. Knight sustained moderate injuries and was Life-Flighted to University Hospital in Columbia.
A 16-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries and went to University Hospital in Columbia by private auto.