SUBJECT AND PASSANGER WERE FISHING A BASS TOURNAMENT @ LAKE. VESSEL WAS GOING DOWN THE LAKE ON FULL PLANE AND STARTED TO DECELLERATE. AS THE VESSEL WAS SLOWING DOWN, THE OPERATOR TAPPED THE HOT FOOT TO KEEP THE BACK WASH FROM COMING OVER THE STERN. SUBJECT STATED WHILE DOING THIS, THE HOT FOOT BECAME STUCK MAKING THE VESSEL ACCELERATE.  OPERATOR STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO PUT THE VESSEL IN NEUTRAL BECAUSE OF A SAFETY FEATURE ON THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. THE VESSEL BECAME OUT OF SUBJECTS CONTROL, HE THEN RAN THE VESSEL AGROUND. OPERATOR HAD INTERNAL INJURIES, PASSANGER HAD MINOR CUT TO THE LEFT LEG. SUBJECT WAS ALREADY @ THE HOPSITAL WHEN OFFICER ARRIVED. ALCOHOL WAS NOT SUSPECTED AND BOTH PASSENGERS WHERE WEARING A PFD.
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