Woman Hurled into Water When Boat Engine Explodes
Peggy Willoughby was enjoying a peaceful day on Estero Bay, Florida until her boat's engine cover exploded launching her into the water.
WBBH - NBC2 had the details from Willoughby:
"It started chugging and Tom says it sounds like it's missing the spark plugs," said Willoughby.
Somehow the engine exploded and threw Willoughby across Estero Bay and into the water.
"Here I am in the water and I came up and started to panic," said Willoughby. "Then when I saw him standing there with the flames behind him - that's a picture hard to get out of your mind."
It's hard to imagine but as the Willoughbys were treading water and searching for help - a boater turned them away.
"One boat came. I'll be honest they didn't let us on. They said they were overloaded," said Willoughby.
Willoughby did not have a scratch on her body and her husband's arm was only slightly burned.
The Coast Guard pulled up the remains from the boat on Monday and the FWC will investigate what happened.
