Calif. Jet Skier Injured in Collision on Lake

The injured woman was flown from CALSTAR helicopter to Santa Rosa Hospital.

Source The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Sept. 16, 2013

Sept. 15--A 27-year-old woman on a personal watercraft suffered head injuries Sunday at Lake Sonoma when she and another on a similar craft collided, emergency officials said.

The crash was reported at 4:24 p.m. near a boat ramp on the lake, dispatchers said.

The woman was at some point unconscious and tended to by paramedics with Geyserville Fire and Bell's Ambulance until a helicopter could get to the remote area, according to dispatch reports.

Several area helicopters were out of service or otherwise engaged and a CALSTAR helicopter from Mendocino County was called to the scene.

The helicopter unit lifted off from Lake Sonoma at 5:10 p.m. and flew the woman to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

No more details were immediately available.