The operator and the victim went to dinner on a peninsula campsite prior to the crash.  After dinner, they pushed the vessel away from the dock and turned it around. The vessel was just about on plane when it impacted the shore ejecting the victim. The operator hit the console and steering wheel upon impact and suffered scrapes/abrasions to the right knee area. The victim suffered severe head trauma and was transported to the hospital and later died on April 25, 2012. Cause of death was asphyxia due to submersion and blunt traumatic head injury.
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