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Woman Suffers Broken Leg in Delta Jet Ski Accident, Airlifted to Local Hospital

by ECT

At 7:50 pm Sunday, East Contra Costa Fire Protection District firefighters responded to the 3900 block of Holland Tract Road in Knigthsen for a jet skier who suffered a leg injury.

Upon arrival, Engine 59 of Discovery Bay located the 38-year-old female still in the water and was being cared for by AMR. The worked to move the female to land where a medical helicopter was requested where they transported her to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.

According to Chief Hugh Henderson, the female suffered a broken leg with trauma.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office was called to recover the jet ski which was damaged and downstream. The cause of the injury was listed as “undetermined” and is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.

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