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Boat Along Georgetown Waterfront Does Doughnuts After Hitting Wave, Throws Man Overboard

A boat does doughnuts on the Potomac River after hitting a wave and tossing its driver.
D.C. Fire and EMS

A boat tossed its driver overboard and started doing doughnuts after hitting a wave on the Potomac River.

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

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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.

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The man declined further medical treatment, D.C. Fire also said on Twitter.

D.C. police eventually got control of the empty boat after it continued circling on the waves.

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