On August 30, 2009 at approximately 6:15 PM a boating accident involving five occupants occurred on Canyon Lake (public water) in Comal County, Texas.  The accident occurred while the operator, Subject 1, and two other female passengers, Subject 2 and Subject 3 were towing two male passengers, Subject 4 and Subject 5, on a raft behind their boat.  As they were towing the two male subjects, one of them fell off of the raft into the water.  Subject 1 observed that happen, and he made a left turn to try and recover the lost passenger.  As Subject 1 made the turn, the boat impacted a wave or wake from another boat which jolted the boat into a tighter, hair-pin turn. The abrupt force of that action caused the boat’s occupants to be ejected into the water.  Once they were ejected, the boat was still in gear and under power; therefore, it continued to spin in a counter clockwise rotation.  As the boat was spinning, unmanned and out of control, its propeller struck Subject 1 in his left forearm, mangling it.  The propeller struck Subject 3 in her head rendering her unconscious and causing her to drown.  Subject 1, Subject 4, Subject 5, and Subject 2 were rescued from the water by two other boaters.  Subject 3 was recovered (decease) from the water on September 5, 2009 approximately six days after the accident occurred.
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