ONWNER / OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 AND PASSENGER HAD BEEN CRUISING SOUTH ON SCHOODIC LAKE IN THE CHERRYFIELD PORTION OF THE LAKE. OWNER / OPERATOR OF VESSEL CLAIMS THE BOAT TOSSED BOTH OCCUPANTS OUT AND OWNER WAS kNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND CAME-TO IN THE WATER. OWNER/OPERATOR UNSURE WHAT HAD OCCURED AT THE TIME. AS OWNER/OPERATOR TREADED WATER AND TRIED TO KEEP BOAT FROM HITTING HIM, NOTICED BOAT HIT SOMETHING AND CAME TO A STOP. OWNER / OPERATOR THEN SWAM TO BOAT AND LOOKED FOR THE PASSENGER AND COULD NOT FIND HIM. WARDEN SERVICE CALLED AND AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOUND PASSENGER IN 30 FEET OF WATER WITH INJURIES CAUSED BY PROP STRIKE. OWNER / OPERATOR DID ADMIT THAT BOTH HAD CONSUMED ALCOHOL.OWNER / OPERATOR bac TAKEN APPROX. 5 HRS LATER INDICATED 0.07. 

OWNER / OPERATOR CLAIMED PASSENGER WAS OPERATING AT TIME OF CRASH.
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