V1 WAS BEACHED ON A LOCAL SPOIL ISLAnD IN TAMPA BAY. AFTER dISLODGING V1 MANUALLY BY PUSHING OFF SAND ThE OPERATOR ENTERS V1 BY CLIMBING A STERN LADDER AND STARTS THE ENGINE. THE SECOND OCCUPANT CLIMBS ONTO THE STERN LADDER AND ATTEMPTS TO ENTER THE VESSEL. WHILE THE SECOND OCCUPANT IS ON THE STERN LADDER, THE OPERATOR ENGAGES THE REVERSE THROTTLE AND BEGINS TO REVERSE. THE SECOND OCCUPANT LOSES BALANCE AND FALLS BEHIND THE VESSEL AS IT IS IN REVERSE. WITH THE VESSEL IN A REVERSE MOTION, THE FALLEN OCCUPANT IS DRAWN INTO THE PROP CAUSING NUMEROUS LACERATIONS ON HER CHEST, SIDE, AND UPPER THIGH.
TAMPA                         