BATTLE LAKE, Minn. -- A 12-year-old girl who had fallen off a tube while it was being towed was injured when she was hit by a passing boat Sunday afternoon on Clitherall Lake about 25 miles east of Fergus Falls.

According to the Ottertail County Sheriff’s Department, Seth Lebrecque, 21, of Grand Forks, N.D., was pulling two girls on the tube when they fell off about 1:30 p.m.. As he was waiting for the girls to get back on the tube, one was struck by a 1976 motor boat operated by David Thorson, 62, of Fargo.

The report said Lebrecque attempted to get the attention of Thorson by waving his arms before the girl was hit, but Thorson apparently didn’t hear or see Lebrecque. After Thorson struck the 12-year-old, he continued on in his boat.

The girl was taken to Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls to be treated for her injuries.

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The sheriff’s office soon located Thorson, who was in his boat “fishing some distance away.”

Thorson was cooperating with the sheriff’s office, which said the incident appeared to be accidental. No drugs or alcohol appeared to have been a factor.