Officer and i received a dispatch from carroll co. Sheriff about a personal watercraft (pwc) accident with injury located at susan's freeman bay marina located on lake freeman.  When we arrived i was dropped off at the dock from the patrol boat and i located an older woman, sitting on the concrete dock holding her right arm at the southwest corner of susan's freeman bay building.  The emt's had also arrived at the same time as i did.  While they attended to victim's arm i spoke with a witness daughter to victim.  Victim’s daughter states that she and victim each were riding pwc's around the lake this afternoon.  Victim was riding a black yamaha pwc that is owned by victim’s daughter and victim’s daughter pointed it out to me.  

The pwc was docked upon a pwc ramp there at the marina made to keep pwc's upright and stable while out of the water to be serviced in some way, such as at this marina to be gassed up.  The jet ski ramp is made were a pwc operator would throttle their pwc with just enough power to get the unit upon to the wooden ramp, but with the least momentum for the pwc to stop before sliding off the end of the ramp.  Victim’s daughter says it was decided to stop and gas the pwc victim was operating.  

Victim approached the jet ski ramp and lined up with it to slide the pwc up on the wooden ramp.  When victim throttled the pwc to move it forward she throttled it too much causing the pwc she was operating to rush forward at a high rate of speed.  When victim and the pwc was on the wooden ramp the pwc didn't stop because of its momentum, but continued forward.  Due to the high rate of speed victim and the pwc shot off the back end of the jet ski ramp traveling mid-air and landing approximately ten (10) feet behind the wooden ramp onto the concrete dock.  When the pwc landed on the concrete dock it rolled over on its right side throwing victim off causing her to land on the concrete dock on her right arm and shoulder.

when speaking with victim her statement provided the same information about the cause of the incident as victim’s daughter's.  When i had arrived on the scene the pwc had been moved and set back onto the jet ski ramp and victim's pfd had been removed.  Victim at first refused medical treatment, but her daughter insisted she should go to the hospital to have right arm and shoulder checked out.  Victim agreed to go and she was transported to white county hospital in monticello.  Emt's suspicion was that victim may have a fractured arm.  I telephone victim's daughter the next day and she reports victim was treated at the hospital for a broken humorous bone just below her right shoulder.  While at the scene victim didn't seem impaired in any way and no odor of alcohol was detected by this officer or the emts.

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