Follow-up: Lifeguard struck by boater

Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue and Wildlife have released some more details following the lifeguard hit and run on the Fourth of July.

Daniel Anderson, a 54-year-old lifeguard, was struck by the prop of a boat on Friday evening.

Police say the boat is 30 to 50 feet in length, beige in color, with the name Coastal or Carolina Rum written in black on the stern.

After the boat struck Anderson, police say it just kept going.

Rauol Sosa and his girlfriend Candice were boating in the inlet when they saw Anderson flailing in the water.

They pulled up in their inflatable boat, and rescued him.

They said his leg was completely cut open, to the bone and he was spitting up water and having a hard time catching his breath.

“He grabbed onto the inflation part of the boat, and his face was white, and he was telling me, I’m a lifeguard, and I just got run over by a boat, the prop has hit me, and there is another man in the water. So my girlfriend and I, pull him onto our boat, which is easier to do since we are closer to the water, and I was afraid of what I was going to see — legs cut off, an arm missing,” said Sosa.

Anderson is out of surgery. He isn’t expected to be released from the hospital until tonight or tomorrow.

As for the person he was attempting to save, he floated safely back to shore.

Again, police and North Carolina Wildlife Resources are asking anyone with information to call North Carolina Wildlife Resources at 910-632-9564.