Three hurt when Jet Ski flies over boat at Kansas lake

Investigators are looking into whether alcohol played a role in the collision between a boat and a Jet Ski at Cheney Reservoir on Sunday night, resulting in three people being hurt.

A group of people were partying at the lake when a man on the Jet Ski crashed into the back of the boat in the Hobie Beach cove of the lake at about 8:30 p.m., said Dennis Zehr, boating specialist for the Kansas Division of Wildlife and Parks.

“The Jet Ski went over the top of the boat across the passenger side,” Zehr said.

A woman and a juvenile male who were in the boat were hospitalized in serious condition, he said, and the Jet Ski driver later went to the hospital via a private vehicle.

“There was plenty of light,” Zehr said. “Darkness didn’t factor into it.”

The lake is about 30 miles west of Wichita.

This story was originally published July 27, 2015 at 2:04 PM with the headline "Three hurt when Jet Ski flies over boat at Kansas lake."