OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND WHEN HE JUST GOT HIS VESSEL ON PLAIN WHEN HE SWEERVED TO MISS A LARGE WAKE. THE VESSEL MADE A QUICK 180 DEGREE U TURN CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO HIT HIS HEAD ON A COLLER ONBOARD THE VESSEL. INJURED HAD ABRASIONS AND CUTS TO HIS FACE AND HAND AREA. OPERATOR LATER STATED THAT BOTH LOWER DRIVES WERE BROKE ON HIS VESSEL. PFD'S WERE NOT BEING WORN OR USED. INJURED PASSENGER ADMITTED TO DRINKING ALCOHOL BUT IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE OPERATOR WAS.
 
THE OWNER STATED THAT BOTH LOWER DRIVES WERE BROKE ON VESSEL. OWBER STATED HE HAD HIS RIGHT DRIVER UNIT WORKED ON IN THE SHOP APPROXIMATELY TO WEEKS PRIOR. OWNER BELEIVES  THE RIGHT DRIVE UNIT BROKE CAUSING THE RIGHT SIDE UNIT TO COME LOSE AND COLLIDE WITH THE LEFT UNIT CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH SIDES.
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