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Jet ski accident sends three to the hospital

Posted at 2:07 PM, Jun 10, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-10 16:27:25-04

City of Tonawanda police and fire responded to a jet ski accident that occurred around noon on Saturday.

Officials report that two jet skis collided, sending one into the docks on Ellicott Creek behind Smoke On The Water restaurant.

According to officers Le Qui, of Williamsville and Craig Witt, of Amherst were taken to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital with non-life threatening injuries from cuts and abrasions. Tuan Trang is suffering from a serious head injury. 

Qui, hit the throttle by mistake when Trang told her "to pull up", sending the accelerating jet ski crashing into Witt, who was on the dock, along with the dock itself, according to police.