On 8/6/10 at approximately 1430 hours, operator was operating a 21 foot Malibu Luxury Sport V boat and attempting to pull a skier up from a stop in the water.  They were using a Banshee Bungee braided rubber tow rope.  As they started, the skier fell forward in the water causing him to release the bungee tow rope.  The rope was extended and shot back into the boat and the rope and ski handle struck the speaker on the boat's tower severely damaging the speakers and then continued through the cabin striking the port side windshield, severely damaging the windshield's frame and breaking ou the glass.  Passenger 1 was seated forward of the windshield in the open bow and was struck with the glass from the windshield and was also struck in the head by the broken windshield frame and ski handle.  Passenger 2 was also seated in the open bow on the starboard side of the vessel and was also stuck by the flying glass pieces.  Passenger 2 refused medical treatment, passenger 1 was treated at the hospital for glass in her eye.
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