On 8/5/12 at approximately 1641 hours, operator was operating a blue personal watercraft (PWC) on Lake Seminole with his son sitting in front of him, towing a tube.  Operator was in the process of switching out riders on the tube.  He was attempting to fix the tow line at the stern of the blue PWC.  In order to turn around, he removed the kill switch lanyard from his wrist.  As he was fixing the tow line, Son reached up and engaged the throttle, causing Operator to fall off into the water.  Son was then idling in circles around Operator.  He was instructed by his father to put his hands up, however he engaged the throttle again, causing him to wrap the tube around a slow speed sign, snapping the line.  Son was traveling north towards the seawall across from the boat ramp.  The blue PWC impacted the seawall causing Son to be ejected onto land approximately 50 feet.  The PWC then took a sharp turn to the right towards two PWC's that were side by side stationary in the water.  There were two men standing next to both PWC's, (owner of both PWC's) and Subject1.  There was also a young girl sitting on the yellow PWC.  Subject1 jumped out of the way.  Owner pushed Subject2 down and out of the way, causing her to hit her head on the foot well of the yellow PWC.  The blue PWC struck the yellow PWC, ramping and causing damage to the helm.  Both Son and Subject2 were transported via ambulance for precautionary examinations but did not receive any additional treatment.  Both resulted in minor contusions and were released.


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