PORTLAND, Ore. - A 14-year-old boy from Bend underwent emergency surgery Sunday to reattach his arm after a surfing accident in Pacific City.

kgw.com viewer/Karen Bone

The Oregon Coast

The accident happened just before 10 a.m.

Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson said the boy was surfing with a group of people in eight- to 10-foot swells before he was struck by a dory boat returning to shore.

Fellow surfers were able to recover the boy’s arm and help the teen to shore where two emergency room doctors who happened to be walking by began to administer aid.

A Fish and Game Trooper who also happened to be in the area was able to carry the boy off the beach to a waiting ambulance.

The boy was taken to Tillamook County General Hospital and then airlifted to Emanuel Hospital in Portland, where he underwent surgery to reattach his arm at the elbow.