By Associated Press - Monday, March 30, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) - A boat that started doing doughnuts after hitting a wave in the Potomac River tossed the driver overboard.

It happened around noon Sunday near Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood, WTOP-FM reported.

A passing motorist helped get the man out of the water and brought him to shore, D.C. Fire said in a post on Twitter. The man was not injured.



Authorities were eventually able to get a hold of the empty boat after it continued circling on the waves.

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