HILLMAN-A 45-year-old Coon Rapids woman suffered serious injuries Friday, July 5, when she was thrown from a boat on Long Lake near Hillman.
The Morrison County Sheriff's Office received a report at 1:57 p.m. of a boating crash with injuries on the lake in Richardson Township. According to the sheriff's office, 43-year-old Andrew Leiter of Andover was operating a Mastercraft boat, accompanied by two passengers, when he hit the wake of another boat. Leiter's boat jerked sideways, throwing Julie Felepe from the boat.
Felepe was airlifted to St. Cloud Hospital. Leiter and the other passenger were not injured.
The sheriff's office was assisted at the scene by the Minnesota State Patrol, the Hillman Area Response Team, LifeLink III Air Ambulance, Onamia Ambulance and Gold Cross Ambulance.
