Two people injured in a serious boating accident – Aftonbladet

A motorboat has run aground at high speed outside Myggenäs at Tjörn.

Two people were injured.

– There will be a matter of head injuries and fractures, says Björ Blixter the police in Västra Götaland.

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It was at 12:50, police, search and rescue and ambulance received the alarm about the accident outside Tjörn. Before they reached were the two injured persons in the sinking boat rescued by another boat.

Shortly thereafter arrived an ambulance to Almesunds marine and flew the two persons to Kungälvs hospital.

– They have run aground at high speed but several circumstances of the accident and how it happened is not clear at present, says Björ Blixter the police in Västra Götaland.

The police is currently investigating the accident.

– It is not headlined as a crime at the moment but if it is then it will fall under the Maritime Act, says Björ Blixter.

The boat remains

The police are in currently on the way to the hospital to possibly hear the persons involved.

The boat must have elapsed between two islets on the site. Between the islands lies a reef as the boat probably gone on, according to police.

There is no speed limit at the site.

According to the police the driver of the boat to be familiar with the location. The boat is now left at the reef partly under water.