THIS IS A VESSEL INJURY COLLISION OCCURRING ON THE COLORADO RIVER SOUTH OF MONKEY ISLAND ON 6/10/10 AT APPROX. 1800HRS. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN WHEN HIS WIFE MOVED FROM THE REAR SEAT TO THE SEAT LOCATED NEXT TO THE OPERATOR. THE OPERATOR WAS MOVING A STEP AWAY FROM HIS WIFES SEAT WHEN THE VESSEL VEERED LEFT INTO THE BRUSH LINE OF THE RIVER EDGE. THE OPERATOR TURNED THE VESSEL RIGHT TILTING THE VESSEL CAUSING ONE PASSEENGER AT THE BOW OF THE VESSEL TO FALL INTO THE WATER AND HIT WIFE TO COLLIDE INTO THE OPERATORS CONSOLE. OPERATORS WIFE WAS FLOWN OUT AND THE PASSENGER THAT FELL INTO THE WATER WAS TRANSPORTED BY LAND TO YUMA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. THERE WERE 2 PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE VESSEL AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. ALL PARTIES WERE NOT WEARING PFDS AT THE TIME OF THE COLLSION. THE TOTAL ESTIMATE DAMAGE WAS APPROX. $500 BRUSH DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ALCOHOL AS A FACTOR IN THIS COLLION. NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED. NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN.
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