The victim in this accident, and his family and another family were on lake waccamaw in his pontoon boat.  They had been experiencing motor problems.  Victim had called a friend who was on the lake also to bring him a wrench so that he could make repairs.  At the time of the accident, operator was operating the pontoon boat of victim.  They had stopped and were waiting on the other boat to arrive to deliver the wrench for repairs.  The second boat arrived and victim was handed the wrench and he leaned over the back seat of the boat to work on the motor.  The operator stated that he saw victim leaning over the back seat working on the motor.  The motor was running at this time.  The two boats started drifting toward one another and someone stated to look out they might bump into one another. Hearing this operator bumped the motor into reverse to back away from the other boat.  He did not see that victim had jumped into the water to work on the motor.  Victim was struck by the prop and severely cut by it.  He managed to get back into the boat and was taken to the dock of a friend where he was transported to the hospital.
LAKE WACCAMAW