BOAT WITH OPERATOR & TWO OBSERVERS ABOARD WAS TOWING TWO SKIERS. BOAT TRAVELED SOUTH TO THE INTERSTATE BRIDGE, THEN TURNED AROUND. AS BOAT & SKIERS APPROACHED THE RIVER CITY SKI TEAM DOCK. ONE SKIER SIGNALED TO DROP THE SKIERS OFF AT THE DOCK. BOAT OPERATOR DECREASED THE BOAT SPEED AND MADE A TURN SO THE SKIERS COULD RELEASE AND GLIDE THEMSELVES INTO SHORE NEAR THE DOCK. ONE SKIER WAS SUCCESFUL. THE OTHER SKIER MISJUDGED DIRECTION AND SPEED AND STRUCK THE DOCK BREAKING - FRACTURING SOME RIBS.
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