V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE COLORADO RIVER SOUTH OF NEEDLES MARINA. V1 WAS TOWING A SKIER TRAVELING AT APPROX. 30MPH. AT THIS TIME DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE IN THE STEERING COLUMN V1 OPERATOR WAS INABLE TO TURN V1. V1 THEN VEERED TOWARDS THE ARIZONA SHORELINE. OPERATOR DID NOT HAVE TIME TO THROTTLE BACK. OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL V1 AND V1 COLLIDED WITH THE ROCKS ON THE SHORE. OPERATOR SUFFERED LACERATIONS TO HER FACE, ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO HER FACE, HANDS, ARMS AND LEGS. OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE COLROADO RIVER MEDICAL CENTER FOR HER INJURIES. PASSENGER NOR THE SKIER SUFFERED AND INJURIES.
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