LAKE MARTIN, Ala. (WTVM) - A family is breathing a sigh of relief that their daughter escaped a jet ski accident alive. Neighbors saying she had a severe leg injury but it could have been far worse.

Heather McConnell: “I was, very surprised.”

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Sunday at Lake Martin, a 12 year old girl was driving a sea doo and crashed into the causeway on Wake Robin Road and landed on the road. Heather McConnell was on her boat and saw where people had gathered to help to the 12 year old.

“I saw activity over here, which is kind of unusual,” she said. “I saw cars lined up and people standing around and then we went out. We didn’t go out very long. And then when we came back in, we heard a helicopter circling. And then we heard it land and then it was proba

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