MADE CONTACT WITH INJURED SUBJECT who INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL IN CIRCLES AND WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE CIRCULAR PATTERN HE COULD NOT STEER THE VESSEL AND COLLIDED WITH THE DOCK CAUSING HIS INJURIES. injured STATED THAT HE PANICKED WHEN HE SAW THE DOCK COMING TOWARD HIM. I EXPLAINED THE REGULATION WHICH PROHIBITS OPERATING A PWC IN EXCESS OF 6KNOTS WITHIN 100FT OF A STATIONARY OBJECT TO  injured.  injured STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING 10TO15MPH WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH THE DOCK. I ISSUED him A CITATION FOR OPERATING A PWC IN EXCESS OF 6KNOTS WITHIN 100FT OF A STATIONARY OBJECT.

AFTER A MEDICAL EXAMINATION HOSPITAL STAFF DETERMINED THAT  injured RECEIVED A SEPERATED PELVIS AND HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF INTERNAL BLEEDING IN HIS PELVIS. HE WAS FLOWN TO WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE SURGERY FOR HIS INJURIES.
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