{"id":699898,"date":"2010-03-24T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T14:04:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:42:21","slug":"family-of-o-c-girl-struck-and-killed-by-rescue-boat-sues-huntington-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/699898","title":{"rendered":"Family of O.C. girl struck and killed by rescue boat sues Huntington Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #8b0412;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-body\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"http:\/\/images.ocregister.com\/newsimages\/community\/huntingtonbeach\/2009\/07\/allyssa_lrg.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.ocregister.com\/newsimages\/community\/huntingtonbeach\/2009\/07\/allyssa_lrg.jpg?w=780\" style=\"margin: 9px; width: 376px; height: 247px; float: left;\" title=\"http:\/\/images.ocregister.com\/newsimages\/community\/huntingtonbeach\/2009\/07\/allyssa_lrg.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>The family of an 11-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a Huntington Beach marine safety officer have filed suit against the city.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2009\/11\/boat-captain-wont-face-charges-in-death-of-11yearold-junior-lifeguard.html\">accident occurred in July<\/a> when 11-year-old Allyssa Squirrell was participating in a training<br \/>\nexercise known as a speed drop in which junior lifeguards drop into<br \/>\nthe water off a moving rescue boat. <\/p>\n<p>She was struck by propellers when<br \/>\nthe boat circled around to pick up the swimmers, and she later died in<br \/>\nsurgery. It was the first fatal accident since the Huntington Beach program began in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Greg Crow, who piloted the boat that hit her, had 32 years of experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior court cites negligence on the part of the city&#8217;s marine safety department.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds<br \/>\nattended a memorial for the girl. &quot;She was having the best summer as a<br \/>\nHuntington Beach junior lifeguard,&quot; the family wrote in a note on<br \/>\ndisplay. &quot;She adored the program, loved the<br \/>\nstructure and would challenge herself daily to be the best she could<br \/>\nbe.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Shelby Grad<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Family via KTLA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of an 11-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a Huntington Beach marine safety officer have filed suit against the city. The accident occurred in July when 11-year-old Allyssa Squirrell was participating in a training exercise known as a speed drop in which junior lifeguards drop into the water off a moving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2622,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2W4G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2622"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801048,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699898\/revisions\/801048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}