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Fort Walton woman dies in boating accident
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FORT WALTON BEACH -- A woman who was caught in a boat propeller as she tried to board after water skiing, has died from her injuries, officials said. Yolanda Thomas, 37, died Saturday night at the Fort Walton Beach medical center, said Stan Kirkland, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission

Thomas was water skiing in with her husband, Fredrick Thomas, at the time of the accident Saturday, Kirkland said

The death was the third death in the last three months in Okaloosa County, Kirkland said. The other deaths were from accidents involving personal watercraft.

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