A New Jersey teenage girl was killed this weekend after being struck by a propeller while attempting to board a boat in a horrific accident off the New Jersey coast, police said.
Zeina Mahafza, 18, died around 4:30 p.m. as she was trying to exit a raft onto a boat docked in Sunset Park on Long Beach Island, New Jersey State Police said in a statement.
Police said the boy, from Wayne, was “fatally injured” by the propeller but did not provide further details.
Original source He told NBC 10 Philadelphia The girl was reportedly dismembered while her father was driving the boat, but the media outlet did not include that detail in their latest report, and police have not revealed who witnessed the horrific incident.
According to the report, rescue workers who were first on the scene reported that others on the boat also witnessed the boy’s death.
Police investigations are ongoing.
