ACCORDING TO WITNESSES ON THE VESSEL THAT WAS PULLING THE INJURED. INJURED AND ANOTHER JUVENILE WERE RIDING ON A TUBE. BOTH FELL OFF THE TUBE AND INJURED WAS RUN OVER BY VESSEL ONE. INJURED PARTY SUSTATINED INJURIES FROM THE VESSELS PROPELLER. THE INJURIES INCLUDED SEVERE CUTS TO THE LEFT BREAST AREA, TWO BROKEN RIBS, BRUISED LEFT LUNG AND TORN MUSCLES. OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE STATED THAT HE LOOKED BACK TO SEE THE TUBE HE WAS PULLING, WHEN HE TURNED AROUND AND SAW ONE PERSON IN THE WATER, AND TURNED THE STEeRING WHEEL TO AVOID THEM. OPERATOR STATED THAT he DIDNT REALIZE ANOTHER PERSON WAS IN THE WATER UNTIL HE HEARD THE INJURED SCREAM. OPERATOR AND TWO OTHERS ON BOARD VESSEL JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO ASSIST THE INJURED, AND THE INJURED WAS PUT ON A VESSEL FOR TRANSPORT. INJURED WAS WEARING A PFD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ALCOHOL WAS NOT SUSPECTED AND CAME UP NEGATIVE WITH A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST, BUT OPERATOR DID STATE THAT HE HAD HAD TWO BEERS EARLIER IN THE DAY. ALCOHOL WAS FOUND ON VESSEL AND A CITATION WAS ISSUED FOR OPERATING A MOTORBOAT IN A RECKLESS MANNER AND A VIOLATION FOR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.
SANDY HOOK                    