According to all witness statements and statements from injured vessel one operator, operator one had never driven a pwc before the date of the accident. She and witness had went to the lake around noon when witness gave operator one a short primer on how to operate a pwc. The two began to ride up into the creek when witness felt comfortable that operator of vessel was able to handle the pwc. The two had been riding approximately an hour prior to the collision. Witness stated they went around the bend to the left at a utilities water pumping station and there was a vessel on the right side of the creek going in the same direction as they were (upstream).  Witness stated he went to the left side of the creek to overtake the vessel on their port side. Witness saw operator one go to the right and that was the last time witness looked back to see operator one. Witness  then went around the bend to the right and noticed operator one was not behind witness.  Witness waited for a minute and then went back to look for operator one. That’s when witness found vessel two and passengers were getting operator one up on the swim platform. Passengers of vessel two stated they had cut operator ones leg off and witness began searching for the missing leg while vessel two headed to the marina for help for operator one. 

Operator one states that as she neared the rear of vessel two, operator one got caught up in the converging wakes of the two vessels and her pwc just darted quickly to operator one's right. Toward the stern of vessel two.  Operator two states she tried to " kick it in", to make the turn even harder to the right to avoid vessel two but lost control and was thrown off into the stern of the vessel as she rode up on vessel two's wake.

No alcohol was involved in this accident.
JAMESTOWN                     