Authorities in Maricopa County said that a 6-year-old girl died Friday after a tragic boat accident on Lake Pleasant.
First responders rushed the girl to a hospital after she was pulled from the lake at around 11 a.m.
She suffered a severe leg injury that ultimately cost her life. Investigators learned that the victim was with a group of 12 family members swimming and wakeboarding at the lake when tragedy struck.
The girl's mother was operating the boat near Paul's Hideaway and without realizing that her daughter was still in the water, she accelerated to pull another person running the child over by the boat.
Poor cellphone services prevented the family from reaching medical help but with the help of other boaters, the girl was brought to the Pleasant Harbor Marina where she received emergency treatment.
“I honestly have no words,” a boater at the lake said following the incident.
“There's nothing that I can say. I wish. I wish there was something that I could do better or take some of the grief from them, but the loss of a child is speechless and heartbreaking.”
