Crew boat captain falls into water, loses lower legs when hit by propeller

摘要

The captain of a small crew boat fell overboard while mooring alongside a dredge barge near Port Canaveral, Fla., and was seriously hurt when his legs hit the propeller. The victim lost one leg below the knee and his second was amputated below the knee at a hospital, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Stephen Lehmann. Authorities did not identify the man, who was wearing a life jacket when he fell from the vessel at about 2147 on Nov. 11, 2015.