Teen Injured In Boating Accident On Wawasee

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

By Staff Report-

SYRACUSE - A Texas teen-ager suffered a broken leg in a tubing accident Friday on Lake Wawasee and, in another incident, officials are looking for the driver of a personal watercraft involved in a hit-and-run accident.

According to a Department of Natural Resources report, Ian Lenz, 13, of Flowermount, Texas, was tubing with his brother about 5:30 p.m. Friday when the tubes came together and Lenz hit the water, breaking his leg.

Lenz was treated at Goshen General Hospital.

No injuries were reported in a 7 p.m. accident on Lake Wawasee when a personal watercraft struck a deck boat anchored at the sandbar.

After the crash, the driver of the personal watercrart fled the scene and his identity is not yet known.

Damage was reported to a vessel owned by Tom M. Kimbrough, Fort Wayne. [[In-content Ad]]

SYRACUSE - A Texas teen-ager suffered a broken leg in a tubing accident Friday on Lake Wawasee and, in another incident, officials are looking for the driver of a personal watercraft involved in a hit-and-run accident.

According to a Department of Natural Resources report, Ian Lenz, 13, of Flowermount, Texas, was tubing with his brother about 5:30 p.m. Friday when the tubes came together and Lenz hit the water, breaking his leg.

Lenz was treated at Goshen General Hospital.

No injuries were reported in a 7 p.m. accident on Lake Wawasee when a personal watercraft struck a deck boat anchored at the sandbar.

After the crash, the driver of the personal watercrart fled the scene and his identity is not yet known.

Damage was reported to a vessel owned by Tom M. Kimbrough, Fort Wayne. [[In-content Ad]]

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