PRIMARY CAUSE OF THIS ACIDENT IS THE INEXPERIENCE OF THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL AND EXCESSIVE SPEED. OPERATOR WAS TURNING LEFT AT A BEND AND PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLE.  THIS CAUSES LOSS OF STEERING ON A JET PROPELLED VESSEL. THE SPEED OF THE VESSEL CAUSED IT NOT TO BE ABLE TO BE TURNED IN TIME NOR FROM REVERSE THROTTLE BEING ABLE TO STOP THE VESSEL IN TIME BEFORE STRIKING THE TREES AND THE BANK. THE PASSENGERS IN THE BOAT HAD TO DIVE DOWN INTO THE FLOOR OF THE BOAT WHEN IT WENT UNDER THE TREES AND STRUCK THE BANK, CAUSING INJURY.
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