Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Rescued Jet Skier Pulled to Safety at Wantagh Park
The jet skier overturned near the Blue Water Yacht Club in Merrick.
Witnesses said that a teenager was pulled from the water after a jetski crash which lead it to overturn off of the in Merrick on Sunday evening.
A good samaritan brought the boy back to the Yacht Club after witnessing the boy's friend crash into the rear of his jetski. Shortly after, the Nassau County Police Department responded by boat and towed the jetski to the marina at Wantagh Park.
"The police said that they found the jetski upside down and they towed it here," said one woman who was at Wantagh Park as the jetski came in.
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No injuries were reported.
Patch also reached out to Nassau County Public Information Office and was told by Officer Zacchia that "nothing too serious happened."
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