VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING WITH ONE OPERATOR AND ONE PASSENGER UP STREAM AT APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH, BEHIND VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 3 PASSED TO THE RIGHT OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 3 WAS TRAVELING FULL SPEED UPSTREAM AT APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 50 MPH.  THE WAKE FROM VESSEL 2 AND VESSEL 3 CAUSED VESSEL 1 TO JERK TO THE LEFT.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO THE RIGHT AND THAT'S WHEN A ROPE HANGING ON A HOOK NEAR THE STEERING WHEEL WITH A WHISTLE ATTACHED TO THE END WRAPPED AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL OF VESSEL 1, AND THEN THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN FROM VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1 WENT UP AN EMBANKMENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL AND INJURING THE PASSENGER REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT.
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