From:
The Citizen.com.
MOULTONBOROUGH — The 12-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a tubing accident Friday has been identified as David Angelini Jr., 12, from Windham.
He remained in critical condition Saturday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, according to New Hampshire Marine Patrol.
Angelini sustained serious head injuries when the inner tube that he and another boy, Ryan Dzengelewski, 11, of Peabody, Mass., were being towed by a personal watercraft in, collided with a moored boat on Lake Kanasatka, near the beach at Maple Cottages, where Angelini had been staying with family.
The operator of personal watercraft was identified Saturday as Michael O'Neil, 46, of Peabody, Mass., a relative of Angelini.
Marine Patrol said the accident, which happened just after 3:20 p.m. Friday, occurred as O'Neil was pulling the inner tube between a swim raft and an unoccupied, moored boat when the tube was suddenly whipped in the direction of the boat, colliding with its hull.
With the accident occurring around the same time as a cell of thunderstorms hit the area, emergency medical transport helicopters from three regional hospitals, including Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon and Portland, Maine and Boston, Mass., were unable to respond to transport Angelini.
Instead, local police escorted an ambulance to Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, and the boy was later rushed to Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
The accident is still under investigation, Marine Patrol said, but they have determined that alcohol was not a factor.
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Echoing thoughts and prayers for the injured fellow and all involved.