3 CHILDREN WERE ON THE BOW OF THE SMALL SKIFF WITH THEIR LEGS HANGING OVER THE FRONT. Victim SLIPPED OFF THE FRONT OF THE BOAT AND WENT UNDER THE BOAT. HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK AND BUTTOCK BY THE SKEGG AND PROPELLER. HIS FATHER AND PASSENGER JUMPED IN THE WATER AND GRABBED THE BOY. THEY GOT HIM TO THE BEACHES BOAT RAMP AND RESCUE WAS CALLED, HE WAS EVENTUALLY FLOWN TO SHANDS TRAUMA CENTER.
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