BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE: A 2001 18' NITRO, OPERATED BY P1, HAD JUST BLASTED OFF FROM BROGAN ACCESS AREA HEADING UPSTREAM FISHING IN A BASS TOURNAMENT.  P1 STATED HE HAD LOOKED AT HIS GPS AND WAS RUNNING 38 MPH.  A BOLT HAD CAME LOSE FROM THE HYDRAULIC HOUSING ALLOWING THE MOTOR TO TURN FREELY CAUSING THE VESSEL TO MAKE A HARD RIGHT TURN EJECTING THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING TYPE III FLOATATION DEVICES BUT THE OPERATOR DID NOT HAVE THE ENGINE KILL LANDYARD ATTACHED TO HIM.  THE VESSEL CONTINUED TO CIRCLE AROUND STRIKING THE OPERATOR IN THE HEAD AND RUNNING COMPLETELY OVER THE PASSENGER.  THE OPERATOR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.  THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A LACERATION ON TOP OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND A LACERATION TO THE UPPER PORTION OF RIGHT ARM CAUSED BY THE PROP OF THE VESSEL.  THE PASSENGER ALSO SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIB AND PUNCTURED LUNG ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
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