CHATSWORTH WOMAN DIES IN BOATING CRASH.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer A 44-year-old Chatsworth woman died Thursday in a boating incident on a northern Arizona Northern Arizona is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the land slowly rose around it. lake, authorities said. Nancy Blender was killed when the boat careened into a canyon wall at Lake Powell Noun 1. Lake Powell - the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in Glen Canyon Recreation National Area, park spokeswoman Stephanie Dubois said. The incident tore a 3-foot chunk out of the 18-foot boat and left David Blender, an attorney in the Woodland Hills firm of Walleck Shane Stanard & Blender, with bruises to his heart and lungs, as well as fractures of his ribs, partner Roger Stanard sad. The 43-year-old man was flown to Flagstaff Medical Center Flagstaff Medical Center is a major hospital and regional trauma center in Flagstaff, Arizona. The hospital was founded in 1936 by Dr. Charles Sechrist as Flagstaff Hospital, with 25 beds, and was donated to the community of Flagstaff in 1955. , where he was being treated in the emergency room Thursday evening. He was listed in critical condition. The incident occurred at about 11:35 a.m. in the Dry Rock Creek Rock Creek may refer to:
Witnesses on nearby boats radioed the National Park Service, and a medical-services helicopter in the area offered assistance within 10 minutes of the distress calls, Dubois said. The Blenders were on a weeklong vacation with their two children and two other families, Stanard said. |
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