A MAN suffered a serious leg injury after hitting his leg on the propeller of a speedboat.
The 25-year-old victim was climbing onto the stationary boat in Brightlingsea harbour when he caught his knee on the blade.
Luckily the engine was switched off.
Thames Coastguard received a 999 call from a distressed woman on the boat just after 3pm on yesterday.
The man was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to Colchester General Hospital.
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