A 60-year-old woman from Indian River lost her foot Friday evening when she fell off her cabin cruiser as it was trying to dock at the Silver Fox Marina in Summerside.
The boat was being backed into its berth at the club. Lea Brown was on the diving platform trying to push the 30-foot cruiser away from another boat docked nearby when she lost her balance.
Police believe her foot was caught in a propeller.
Brown was taken to Prince County Hospital. A scuba diver retrieved the foot and took it to the hospital about a half hour later, but doctors were not able to reattach it.
The incident is under police investigation.
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