HUSBAND (OPERATOR) & WIFE (PASSENGER) WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A FALLEN TREE FROM LAKE. WIFE HELD ROPE WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT HAND CONNECTED TO BOAT & FALLEN TREE. HUSBAND PLACE THE OUTBOARD MOTOR IN GEAR & THE THROTTLE WENT INTO HIGH GEAR. WIFE WAS ATTEMPTING TO KEEP THE ROPE AWAY FROM THE MOTOR PROP. THIS ACTION TIGHTED THE ROPE AROUND THE WIFE'S RIGHT HAND & AMPUTED FOUR FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND WHEN THE BOAT PULLED AWAY FROM THE TREE IN GEAR AT HIGH THROTTLE.
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