Boater found hurt near Tacoma Narrows Bridge after running aground, hitting tree

A person was found with minor injuries Friday morning on a fishing boat that Pierce County sheriff’s deputies say ran aground sometime Thursday evening south of the Narrows Bridge and struck a tree.

Gig Harbor Fire & Rescue crews responded shortly before 7 a.m. near the Tacoma Narrows Park. Tom Wescott, a spokesperson for the fire department, said a Peninsula Metropolitan Park District employee spotted a light on the shore and then found a boater.

There were obvious signs that the vessel had struck a tree, according to Wescott. Police scanner traffic indicated that the 911 caller said it was a 20-foot blue-and-white fishing boat…

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