VICTIM AND FRIENDS/FAMILY WERE CRUISING IN THE ST LUCIE RIVER NEAR THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE. THE VESSELS ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED. SUBJECTS THEN ANCHORED THE VESSEL UNDERNEATH THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE AND VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO MAKE REPAIRS. WHILE WORKING ON THE ENGINE, IT BACKFIRED AND BLEW GASOLINE INTO HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM. subject IMMEDIATELY RAN ON THE DECK AND DOVE INTO THE WATER TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES. PHYSICIAN FRIENDS ON BOARD HELPED subject BACK INTO THE VESSEL AND FILLED A BUCKET WITH WATER AND AHD VICTIM PLACE HIS HAND IN THE WATER. WHEN I ARRIVED ON SCENE, I TOOK VICTIM AND HIS WIFE ONTO MY VESSEL AND TRANSPORTED TO MARTIN MEMORIAL ER DOCK.BOAT AND FRIENDS WERE TOWED BY TOWBOAT US TO STUART.; SUBJECTS RIGHT HAND AND FOREARM BURNED WHEN ENGINE HE WAS REPAIRING BACKFIRED AND BLEW GASOLINE ON HIM.
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