BUIZILLA
08-02-2007, 12:00 PM
stuff like this really get's to me...
A Camp Counselor on Lake Bowen with a group of campers was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a boat.
The Spartanburg County coroner told WYFF News 4 that the campers from Camp Pinewood in Hendersonville, N.C., had been waterskiing.
They were just finishing up skiing at about 4:15 p.m., and the boat was circling to pick up some of the teens who were in the water.
The coroner said that the counselor, Timothy Scott Allison, 20, from Troy, Ohio, was separated from the group when the boat hit him. The coroner said Allison was struck in the head by the propeller and died instantly.
Nine teens were with the group at the time of the Allison's death.
"The driver of the boat in this incident was circling around to come back on the other side where the other boats were. The kids were over here, and he heard a thump, and that's when he realized that he had hit someone," said Robin Forrest, a spokeswoman for the Spartanburg County Coroner's Office.
The 21-year-old driver of the boat jumped in the water to try to save Allison. Officials said he laid the body on a platform on the back and drove the boat to the dock for help.
"The driver of the boat handled it amazingly well. He instructed them to immediately get down into the floor of the boat and cover their eyes so they didn't see anything," said a camper who witnessed the event.
Investigators spent the afternoon taking pictures of the boat.
The DNR interviewed witnesses and the driver.
Campers said the teens go to the lake every day from Camp Pinewood in Hendersonville.
Investigators said they don't believe there was any wrongdoing.
The coroner said the victim died after a severe head trauma caused by the boat's prop.
A Camp Counselor on Lake Bowen with a group of campers was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a boat.
The Spartanburg County coroner told WYFF News 4 that the campers from Camp Pinewood in Hendersonville, N.C., had been waterskiing.
They were just finishing up skiing at about 4:15 p.m., and the boat was circling to pick up some of the teens who were in the water.
The coroner said that the counselor, Timothy Scott Allison, 20, from Troy, Ohio, was separated from the group when the boat hit him. The coroner said Allison was struck in the head by the propeller and died instantly.
Nine teens were with the group at the time of the Allison's death.
"The driver of the boat in this incident was circling around to come back on the other side where the other boats were. The kids were over here, and he heard a thump, and that's when he realized that he had hit someone," said Robin Forrest, a spokeswoman for the Spartanburg County Coroner's Office.
The 21-year-old driver of the boat jumped in the water to try to save Allison. Officials said he laid the body on a platform on the back and drove the boat to the dock for help.
"The driver of the boat handled it amazingly well. He instructed them to immediately get down into the floor of the boat and cover their eyes so they didn't see anything," said a camper who witnessed the event.
Investigators spent the afternoon taking pictures of the boat.
The DNR interviewed witnesses and the driver.
Campers said the teens go to the lake every day from Camp Pinewood in Hendersonville.
Investigators said they don't believe there was any wrongdoing.
The coroner said the victim died after a severe head trauma caused by the boat's prop.