1 Flown To Hospital Afer Pasadena Boat Crash: Officials

PASADENA, MD — One person was injured Thursday night when a boat crashed into a piling along the Magothy River near Inverness Road and Riverdale Road in Pasadena. A 9-1-1 caller said he saw a boat pass by him at a high rate of speed and then heard a collision about 10:15 p.m.

Anne Arundel County firefighters arrived to locate an incident in which a boat with two people on board struck a piling, seriously injuring one occupant.

Paramedics called for a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter, which landed at Lake Waterford Park. A 40-year-old man who was on the boat was taken by helicopter to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with injuries that were serious, but not believed to be life-threatening.

The person on the boat was evaluated on the scene by paramedics, but declined treatment at a hospital.

Maryland Natural Resources Police are investigating the cause of the accident.

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