BOAT OPERATOR HAD BOAT MOTOR-PROPELLER TURNING & IN NEUTRAL WHILE VICTIM WAS IN WATER ASSISTING YOUNG GIRL TO PUT ON WATER SKIIS.
WHEN BOAT BEGAN TO DRIFT, OPERATOR PLACED BOAT MOTOR IN REVERSE, THEN HEARD SCREAM FROM VICTIM. OPERATOR DID KNOW VICTIM HAD ENTERED THE WATER TO HELP WITH THE SKIIS. WHEN BOAT WENT INTO REVERSE, PROPELLER STRUCK VICTIM IN THE LEGS. VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO SHORE THEN TO MEDICAL CENTER, THEN BY "FLIGHT FOR LIFE" TO FREODERT HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY
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