{"id":13819,"date":"2012-08-06T11:20:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=13819"},"modified":"2012-08-06T12:51:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T19:51:48","slug":"new-brief-boy-slashed-by-fathers-boat-propeller-on-mayfield-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=13819","title":{"rendered":"New brief: Boy slashed by father&#8217;s boat propeller on Mayfield Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated 12:49 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker<br \/>\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 12-year-old boy swimming at Mayfield Lake was struck by a boat propeller and seriously injured yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The child was airlifted to a Portland area hospital with deep lacerations to his chest, stomach and thigh, according to responders.<\/p>\n<p>Aid was called to the county park off Beach Road just after 3 p.m., but a sheriff&#8217;s deputy out on boat patrol was already on the scene providing first aid, according to the Lewis County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the boy was approximately 20 feet offshore, swimming next to his father&#8217;s boat while the boat was being moored. The father mistakenly put the boat in the wrong gear, striking the 12-year-old, according to Brown.<\/p>\n<p>It happened near the swimming area, according to Lewis County Fire District 8.<\/p>\n<p>The boy was transported to the Mossyrock school ball field where a helicopter picked him up and flew him to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>The family is from Beaverton. Ore.<\/p>\n<p>Brown described the boy&#8217;s condition yesterday as serious. Today the hospital said he is stable, Brown said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 12:49 p.m. By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker Lewis County Sirens news reporter A 12-year-old boy swimming at Mayfield Lake was struck by a boat propeller and seriously injured yesterday. The child was airlifted to a Portland area hospital with deep lacerations to his chest, stomach and thigh, according to responders. Aid was called to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-13819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs","tag-by-sharyn-l-decker","tag-news-reporter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13819"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13823,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13819\/revisions\/13823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}