PASSENGER FELL OVERBOARD AS VESSEL WAS MOVING. THE VESSEL RAN OVER THE PASSENGER SEVERING AN ARM, ONE LEG AND CAUSING CONSIDERABLE PROP DAMAGE TO ENTIRE BODY. IT WAS THE OFFICERS OPINION THAT THE PASSENGER WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.  THE OPERATOR FLED THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. ALCOHOL WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT AS THERE WAS NO ONE ABOARD THE VESSEL THAT WAS REMOTELY SOBER.  INVESTIGATION INTO THIS ACCIDENT CONTINUES AS THE OPERATOR HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AND IS BEING TRACKED DOWN.
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