Videos captures boating accident during race in suburban Antioch, Illinois
Videos captures boating accident during race in suburban Antioch, Illinois
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Videos captured the moments before a boater was injured in suburban Antioch, Illinois, on Thursday.
The incident happened in Grass Lake during the Blarney Island boat race. The area is known for its weekly high-performance drag boat racing on Thursday nights.
It appears there was a malfunction on the boat before the boater went flying into the water. There was then a fire on the unoccupied boat.
Blarney Island rescue crews pulled the boater from the water. Paramedics then conducted life-saving measures.
The Antioch Fire Department said he was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized