ON 07/24/09 NRP RESPONDED TO THE SASSAFRAS RIVER IN REF TO POSSIBLE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL IT WAS LEARNED THATsubject 1 WAS OPERATING A 24FT MASTERCRAFT TRAVELING UP THE SASSAFRAS RIVER AT APPROX. 35MPH.  HE ENCOUNTERED A WAKE FROM A PASSING VESSEL CAUSING HIS 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO WAS SITTING IN THE BOW TO BOUNCE VIOLENTLY OUT OF HER SEAT.  UPON OBSERVING THIS, subject 1 PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLE.  AS HE DID THIS, HIS DAUGHTER  BOUNCED OFF THE BOW OF THE VESSEL.  subject 1 IMMEDIATELY PLACED THE VESSEL IN NEUTRAL HOWEVER THE MOMENTUM OF THE BOAT CAUSED THE BOAT TO CONTINUE OVER HIS DAUGHTER. subject 1 JUMPED OVERBOARD IN ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE HER BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO.  SHE WAS NOT WEARING A PFD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
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