PEORIA, AZ — Officials confirmed Sunday afternoon that a woman has died after a boating accident at Lake Pleasant Saturday evening.
MCSO deputies responded to the lake for a boating accident around 5 p.m. Saturday, in which a woman was hit by a boat propeller.
The woman, later identifed by officials as 32-year-old Tehanah Smith, was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. She was later pronounced dead.
Officials do not believe impairment nor foul play to be factors in the incident.
This is the fifth weekend in a row with a deadly incident at Lake Pleasant. The other four incidents also resulted in someone’s death.
