V1 BEGAN TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ATTEMPTING TO PULL 2 GROWN MALE ADULT SUBJECTS ON A SKI TUBE ON THE COLORADO RIVER. V1 APPROACHED 15MPH AND THE OPERATOR INPUT A STEER TO THE LEFT LOSING TENSION ON THE TOW LINE WHICH CAUSED SLACK IN THE TOW LINE. WHEN THE SLACK WAS TAKEN OUT IT RIPPED THE METAL TOWING FRAME THAT WAS MOUNTED TO THE STERN OF THE VESSEL OUT. AS THE METAL FRAME WAS LEFT THE WATERCRAFT IT STRUCK THE FLAGGERS LEFT SHIN CAUSING AN INCH LONG AND INCH DEEP LACERATION.
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