Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigators today released new information abut an incident involving the death Saturday afternoon of a Crystal River woman.

FWC investigators say Carla D. Faul, 25, died when she fell off the bow of a boat. She went under the vessel, and the outboard motor propeller struck her.

There were seven other people aboard the 2005 20-foot Sweetwater pontoon boat, on which Faul was a passenger. The vessel, operated by Jeffrey Ryan Lamb, 31, of Wildwood, was approximately four miles north of the State Road 44 Bridge. Lamb was traveling south at between 5 and 10 miles per hour, FWC investigators said.

After the prop struck Faul, two other passengers, Alan K. McCarthy, 23, and Michelle Schwab, 29, both of Bushnell, went into the water to rescue her.

After bringing Faul back aboard the pontoon boat, an airboat operating in the area came over to assist. People placed Faul aboard the airboat in an attempt to get her ashore quicker. The airboat transported her to the Rutland Park Boat Ramp at the State Road 44 Bridge.

Emergency medical crews from Lake and Sumter counties were at the scene, as well as personnel from the Citrus County and Sumter County sheriffs’ offices.

Faul’s injuries were fatal, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

FWC officials are continuing the investigation.