INJURED OPERATOR  WAS OPERATING VESSEL  IN SEARCH OF HIS OTHER VESSEL AND ENTERED INTO A SMALL COVE AND STRUCK A ROPE THAT WAS STRUNG ACROSS THE WATER USED TO TIE UP A HOUSEBOAT. IN A PANIC STATE THE INJURED WAS STILL NOT ABLE TO LOCATE HIS VESSEL SO HE STOPPED AND CALLED FOR HELP. WHEN OFFICER ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, INJURED APPEARED TO HAVE LACERATION INJURIES TO HIS MOUTH\GUMS AND ROPE BURNS ACROSS HIS SHOULDERS. OFFICER ALSO NOTICED INJURED HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL AS WELL. INJURED WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. A PFD WAS BEING WORN AND USED. ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.
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