V1 WAS RETURNING TO HAGGY BERRY BOAT RAMP. V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO AVOID A LOG IN THE PATH OF HIS VESSEL. WHEN THE OPERATOR SWERVED, HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS STEERING ARM THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE OUTBOARD. V1 BEGAN TO DRIVE IN A CIRCLE UNTIL THE OPERATOR LEANED OVER THE SIDE OF V1 TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING ARM. AS THE OPERATOR LEANED OVER THE SIDE OF THE VESSEL, IT BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER. V1 BEGAN TO SINK WHILE BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE STANDING INSIDE THE VESSEL. V1 OCCUPANTS SWAM 100 FEET TO SHORE AND BEGAN SCREAMING FOR HELP. APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES LATER, A LOCAL BOATER HEARD THEIR REQUEST FOR HELP AND TRANSPORTED THE VICTIM'S TO SHORE WITH HIS VESSEL, THEN TO SHAND'S HOSPITAL IN GAINESVILLE.
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