Victims wife stated that her father-in-law noticed that one of the steering cables was broken. Witnesses stated that victim was going to take the boat out of the water. He pulled away from the beach and started heading south down the channel towards the boat landing as he made a left hand turn the boat turned very quickly causing victim to be thrown from the boat. Other boaters assisted victim out of the water. He was hit by the prop causing his skull to be fractured, also he did receive 60 to 80 stitches on the left side of his back
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