ON 9/13/09 AT APPROX. 1051 A BOATING ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO SHERIFF DEPUTIES. THE VICTIM WAS REPORTED TO BE IN A VAN BEING DRIVEN TO THE BARTLETT MARINA. INJURED PERSON WAS ALERT AND TALKING. HE SAID HE WAS WATERSKING BEHIND HIS BOAT AND HIS BROTHER WAS DRIVING. HE FELL AND THE BOAT WAS COMING AROUND TO LINE UP THE TOW ROPE. HE SAID THE BOAT KIND OF SPED UP WHILE COMING AROUND HIM AND HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROP. HE SAID HE TRIED TO PUSH OFF THE BOAT BUT HE COULDNT STOP IT. THE OPERATOR WAS THEN INTERVIEWED AND HE STATED THAT skier FELL TWICE IN A ROW AND HE WAS COMING AROUND TO PICK HIM UP AGAIN. HE SAID THE BOAT HIT SOME WAVES AS HE WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE SKIER. HE PANICKED AND PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD INSTEAD OF BACK AND THE BOAT ACCELERATED QUICKLY. HE SAID THEY FOUND OUT skier WAS INJURED BY THE PROPELLOR. THEY THEN GOT skier ON BOARD AND WENT TO BARTLETT FLATS WERE THEY WERE CAMPED. skier HAD 2 DEEP CUTS TO HIS LEFT ANKLE CONSISTANT WITH BEING STRUCK BY A PROP. HE WAS TAKEN TO SCOTTSDALE NORTH HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION.
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