Woman suffers traumatic leg injury after accidentally shooting herself

A Prince of Wales Island woman who accidentally shot herself Wednesday night suffered serious leg trauma and was expected to be medivaced.

Alaska State Troopers were notified of the accident at about 10:30 p.m., according to the online troopers dispatch.

The 29-year-old woman had been removing a gun from the back seat of a vehicle when it accidentally fired and shot her in the leg.

She was taken by ambulance from the Sandy Beach area of Thorne Bay to the Alicia Roberts clinic in Klawock.

Troopers report that the woman likely would be transported off the island for further treatment.

KRBD - Ketchikan

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