ON 08/02/09 AT APPROX 1700HRS, VESSEL 1 WAS OPERATING IN BACK RIVER OFF PORTER POINT.  VESSEL 1 HAD A TOTAL OF 7 OCCUPANTS ON BOARD, 2 OF WHICH WERE BEING TOWED ON AN INFLATABLE TUBE BEHIND VESSEL 1.  1 OCCUPANT HAD FALLEN OFF THE TUBE.  VESSEL 1 TURNED AROUND TO PICK UP THE OCCUPANT/VICTIM WHO HAD FALLEN OFF.  AS VESSEL 1 GOT CLOSE TO THE VICTIM, OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 LOST SIGHT OF SAME.  VICTIM WAS STRUCK BY THE BOAT AND PROPELLER RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY.
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