OPERATOR #1 WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE VESSEL. HE WAS TESTING HIS WATERCRAFT IN FRONT OF WINDSOR BEACH. THE OPERATOR STATES THAT HE WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 70-80MPH ON OPEN WATER IN FRONT OF WINDSOR LAUNCH RAMP WHEN HIS ENGINE BROKE LOOSE AND FELL INTO THE WATER. THE WATERCRAFT IMMEDIATELY SPUN AND THREW HIM OUT OF THE WATERCRAFT. THE BOAT THEN SWAMPED ITSELF AND CAME TO A STOP. THE OPERATOR SUFFERED A FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG WHEN HE EXITED THE WATERCRAFT. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HAVASU REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND LATER RELEASED.
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