DEKALB COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Brentwood woman has died after getting trapped by a boat’s engine propeller on Center Hill Lake, officials said.
The DeKalb County Fire Department said crews were sent to a single-boat incident on Center Hill Lake near Hurricane Marina just before 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 3.
Emergency first responders reportedly found a ski boat approximately 300 yards away from the marina when they arrived. Then, crews said they discovered an unconscious woman in the water and under the boat, trapped by the boat’s inboard engine propeller.
In addition, officials reported the operator of the boat—only described as an adult male—was in the water at the back of the boat in an attempt to rescue the woman…