OPERATOR AND VICTIM WERE PART OF A CHURCH GROUP FUNCTION CALLED WEEKEND AT THE RIVER, THE LAST EVENT OF THE SUMMER.  EIGHT PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD AND WERE TAKING TURNS TUBING.  THE VICTIM AND ONE OTHER PERSON WERE THE LAST TWO TUBERS BEFORE CALLLING IT A DAY.  THE VICTIM WAS THE LAST TO LOAD.  THE OPERATOR WATCHED THE FIRST LOAD UP FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOAT WHERE THE LATTER WAS.  THE VICTIM WAS OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE BOAT.  BY THE TIME THE FIRST WAS LOADED HE PUT THE BOAT IN REVERSE WHEN HE SAW THE VICTIM HAD MADE IT TO THE BOAT AND WAS COMING ACROSS THE BACK OF THE BOAT BY THE MOTOR.  HE PUT THE BOAT BACK INTO THE NEUTRAL BUT THE PROP STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE RIGHT LEG NEAR THE KNEE.  NO BONES WERE BROKEN BUT A PEICE OF MUSCLE WAS CUT.  THE MOTOR REMAINED RUNNING.  THE VICTIM WAS PULLED INTO THE BOAT AND THE INJURY WRAPED IN TOWELS.  911 WAS CALLED AND THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED SUBJECT TO BEUFORT COUNTY HOSPITAL.  HE WAS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED ON 8/9/09.  RECOVERY WAS EXPECTED IN SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.

NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.  VICTIM WAS WEARING HIS PFD.
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