AS Operator WAS ENTERING A CANAL ON THE WEST SIDE OF PUZZLE LAKE, A GUST OF WIND BLEW HIS AIRBOAT OFFCOURSE AND HE CLIPPED THE BLACK HARDPAN EMBANKMENT. THIS STOPPED THE VESSEL, TURNING IT INTO THE EMBANKMENT, FLINGING OPERATOR OUT OF HIS SEAT. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE GUNNEL AS HE FELL OUT OF THE VESSEL. THE IMPACT CAUSED A LACERATION TO OPERATOR's HEAD. HE WAS ABLE TO GET BACK IN THE BOAT AND PILOT IT BACK TO LOUGHMAN LAKE BOAT RAMP. HIS PASSENGER THEN DROVE HIM TO THE PARRISH MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT.
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