CRIME/INCIDENT: Boating Accident with injury
LOCATION: End of Sugarloaf Inlet, Sacramento arm, Lake Shasta
VICTIM: Daniel Artiga, 30 years old, of San Pablo, CA.
DRIVER: John Thomas Larricq, 31 years old, of Burlingame, CA.
SYNOPSIS: On Saturday, 06-25-11, at 1500 hours, John Thomas Larricq was operating a ski boat in the Sugarloaf inlet on Shasta Lake and Daniel Artiga was getting on an inner tube behind the boat.
The ski rope connecting the inner tube to the back of the boat was tied short and caused the inner tube to be close to the back of the boat. Artiga fell off the tube and Larricq put the boat in reverse to back up towards Artiga. Artiga was then cut on his right thigh by the propeller of the boat.
Artiga was taken to Sugarloaf Marina by Larricq. Artiga was transported to a medical helicopter by Lakehead Fire Department personnel and flown to Mercy Medical Center for treatment. The investigation is still on going.
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-from press release
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