VICTIM STATED HE HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO WATER SKI WHEN HE BECAME FATIGUED AND SWAM BACK TO THE BOAT. AS HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VESSEL, HE WENT DRIFTING UNDERNEATH THE BOAT. HE ADVISED THE OPERATOR TO PUT IT IN GEAR AT WHICH TIME HIS LEFT FOOT WAS TAKEN INTO THE PROPELLER, LACERATING IT ON THE TOP SIDE NEAR THE ANKLE.
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