By Associated Press - Wednesday, September 4, 2019

ALMA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say an 11-year-old girl was injured while tubing with family and friends at Harlan County Lake in south-central Nebraska.

The Harlan County Sheriff’s Office says the girl from Phillipsburg, Kansas, was struck by a boat propeller on Monday.

She was taken to Republican City and then flown to a Lincoln hospital. Her name hasn’t been released.



The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is investigating the accident.

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