Parasailing Accident Injures Girl

A 17-year-old Eden Prairie girl was injured in a parasailing accident on Lower Cullen Lake Sunday. 

The Crow Wing County Sheriff says Natalie Lyn Carlson of Eden Prarie, was attempting to parasail behind a boat from the lake near Nisswa.  She struck a pontoon boat docked nearby as she attempted to take flight from shore. The girl was wearing a lifejacket at the time of the accident.

Witnesses and family were able to assist Natalie to shore and render first aid until emergency personnel arrived. The driver of the boat, 52-year-old Clayton John Carlson of Eden Prairie and a passenger in the boat, 44-year-old Scott Michael Dufour of Pequot Lakes, were not injured in the accident.

Natalie Carlson was treated at the scene by North Memorial Ambulance Paramedics and transported to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd.