ON SEPTEMBER 19 2010, operator and occupant WERE INVOLVED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT ON BOILING SPRINGS LAKE.  OPERATOR WAS TOWING VICTIM ON A KNEE BOARD WHEN THEY CAME TO A STOP.  OPERATOR BEGAN TO PULL VICTIM TO THE BOAT.  VICTIM TURNED OVER AND WAS SUBMERGED UNDER WATER WITH THE KNEE BOARD PREVENTING HIM TO RIGHT HIMSELF.  OPERATOR MOVED FROM THE STERN OF THE BOAT TO THE ACCELERATION CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE IT TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND INSTEAD MOVED IT TO THE SLOW REVERSE POSITION.  HE THEN JUMPED INTO THE WATER AND SWAM TO VICTIM AND RIGHTED HIM.  WHILE THE BOAT WAS IN REVERSE, A PASSENGER ON BOARD THE BOAT, WAS ABLE TO STOP THE BOAT AT THE SAME TIME THE PROPELLER STRUCK VICTIM IN THE FOOT.  VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT.  ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
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