Tewksbury Woman Injured After Boat Lands On Dock

TEWKSBURY, MA — Two women were injured over the weekend when one of them, a Tewksbury resident, accidentally crashed her boat on top of a dock, according to the The Lowell Sun.

Newburyport Harbormaster Paul Hogg told NBC 10 Boston that the accident happened Saturday around 2 p.m. at the Newburyport Harbor Marina.

Three people were on the boat at the time of the crash, two women and a 3-year-old. One of the two women was thrown from the boat and landed in the water. She was rescued by a dockhand The child was uninjured, the TV station reported.

Both women were taken to a nearby hospital after suffering several minor injuries, including bumps, bruises, scratches, arm and leg injuries.

According to the newspaper, the accident happened when the Tewksbury woman tried to dock her 25-foot Tidewater — named “Unbreakable” — but accidentally throttled the center-console craft up onto the dock.

“She’s a newer boater and she was having a hard time because it was a real strong outgoing tide, it was a moon tide, and when she started to lose a bit of control of the back end of the boat, she panicked,” Hogg told the newspaper.

The incident is still under investigation and no charges have been filed, Hogg added.