Boy OK after fall from boat into Saranac Lake | News

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a boy has escaped serious injury after being thrown from a boat into Saranac Lake.

State police and forest rangers tell the Adirondack Daily Enterprise Saranac Lake by a large wave and rescued by relatives after being clipped by the propeller on the boat's 25-horsepower motor.          

Firefighters called to the scene around midday Monday were able to stop the boat, which they found circling nearby.

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