BOAT OPERATOR SUFFERED AN EYE INJURY WHEN A LINE COMING FROM THE BOOM SNAPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE NEAR AN EYE. THE OPERATOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CUT THE LOOSE LINE, CUT THE HAND OF HIS PASSENGER. USCG & MILWAUKE POLICE DEPT PATROL WERE CONTACTED FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. USCG TOOK INJURED BOAT OPERATOR OFF HIS BOAT & TRANSPORTED HIM TO MCKINLEY MARINA WHERE EMS THEN TRANSPORTED OPERATOR TO FROEDTERT HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. INJURED BOAT PASSENGER OPERATED THE BOAT TO MCKINLEY MARINA GAS PUMP DOCK UNDER ESCORT BY MILWAUKEE PD PATROL BOAT. INJURED PASSENGER WAS TREATED BY MILWAUKEE FIRE DEPT STAFF AT DOCK.
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