Sunday, July 5, 2020

Nevada man airlifted to Mercy Springfield after tubing accident on Stockton Lake

A Nevada man was injured in a tubing mishap 6:24 p.m. Saturday west of Crabtree Cove on Stockton Lake.

According to the Highway Patrol report, Michelle A. Mize, 41, Nevada, was operating a 1988 Hurricane deck boat and accelerated while towing a tube. Ricky J. Berten, 23, Nevada, who was handling the rope to keep it out of the propeller, fell from the boat and the rope tangled around his leg.

Berten was flown to Mercy Hospital, Springfield, with serious injuries.

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