Mississippi woman injured in boat fire on Smith Lake

CULLMAN, Ala. – A single-vessel fire that occurred at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday, July 6, injured a Mississippi woman. Alabama State Troopers said Katherine E. Goodwin, 30, of Florence, Mississippi, was injured when the 20-foot Runabout vessel she was a passenger on caught on fire.

Troopers said Goodwin and the three other individuals onboard the Runabout all drove into the water as the vessel caught fire. However, Goodwin was injured and had to be airlifted to UAB Hospital for medical treatment.

The operator of the vessel, Cody Curry, 40, of Florence, Mississippi, along with two 18-year-olds, who were also passengers on the vessel, were not injured during the course of the incident, Troopers said…

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