Huntington Beach : Surfer Injured When Struck by Motorboat
An 18-year-old Huntington Beach man was injured while surfing near the mouth of the San Gabriel River on Thursday night when a 17-foot motorboat struck him and then capsized, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.
Robert Mainville was treated and released from Midwood Community Hospital in Stanton with cuts and bruises. The accident occurred about 8:30 p.m. in an area where boaters are not allowed to exceed 5 m.p.h.
Mainville said area residents have started a petition drive to exclude boats from the area.
The boat, driven by Gregory Strauss, 26, of Pomona was righted after the incident and towed to the Sheriff Department’s Sunset Harbor Patrol office. Strauss was uninjured.
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