RENTED PWC#1 WAS HEADING EAST AT ABOUT 40-45 MPH TOWARD THE ENTRANCE TO WITCHES GULF. PWC OPERATOR STATED HE HEARD BOAT#2 (TOUR JET BOAT) COME UP FROM BEHIND AND PASS HIM ON THE RIGHT. THE TOUR BOAT THEN TURNED TO THE LEFT (PORT SIDE) IN FRONT OF PWC#1. PWC#1 OPERATOR THEN MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN (TO STARBOARD) TO AVOID STRIKING THE TOUR BOAT. THE PWC PASSENGER WAS THROWN OFF WHEN THE PWC ENCOUNTERED THE TOUR BOAT WAKE. THEN WHEN THE PWC ENCOUNTERED THE SECOND TOUR BOAT WAKE, THE PWC OPERATOR WAS THROWN OFF. PWC OPERATOR SUFFERED BROKEN VERTEBRAE, AND FACIAL INJURIES FROM STRIKING THE WATER. PWC PASSENGER ASSISTED THE PWC OPERATOR ONTO THE PWC & TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE MARINA WHERE THE PWC WAS RENTED. EMS TRANSPORTED THE INJURED PWC OPERATOR TO A HOSPITAL.
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