ABOUT 4 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, operator HAD LESS THAN ONE BEER. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY RELATION TO THE ACCIDENT. A STORM CAME THROUGH THE AREA AND CREATED HAZARDOUS WATERS. THE FAMILY DECIDED TO COME BACK INTO THE HARBOR AND DOCK. AS operator APPROACHED THE SLIP HE PUT THE THROTTLE IN NEUTRAL. WHILE THE BOAT WAS A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE DOCK, victim GOT OFF THE BOAT AND CLEANLY LANDED ON THE DOCK. WHEN HE GRABBED FOR THE RAILING OF THE BOAT TO HELP BRING IT IN, A LARGE WAVE CAME THROUGH AND THE FORCE OF THE BOAT PUSHED HIS FOOT THROUGH THE CLEAT HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO. THIS WAVE SENT THE BOAT OFF COURSE AND IT WAS NOT ABLE TO DOCK IMMEDIATELY. SINCE two others WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TO victim RIGHT AWAY, operator INSTRUCTED victim TO RUN TO THE NEAREST HOUSEBOAT UNTIL operator COULD MANEUVER THE BOAT BACK INTO THE SLIP.
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