Skipper injured in crash near Bennett’s Creek: Suffolk Fire & Rescue

SUFFOLK, Va. – Suffolk medics say a person was thrown from a boat early Saturday after the vessel collided with an object in the Nansemond River. Two others on board were not injured.

According to a Facebook post from Suffolk Fire & Rescue, three boaters on a 20-foot Carolina skiff were in the water off Riverside Drive around 1:20 a.m. when the boat struck an “object in the water.”

One of the skippers was thrown into the water by the impact, but doctors said the two others on board were able to pull them back onto the boat.

Suffolk Fire & Rescue then pulled the damaged boat to Decoy’s in Bennett’s Creek.

Fire officials say one person suffered moderate injuries and was taken to the hospital and two others refused transportation.