ON MAY 16, 2009, OPERATOR/OWNER OF THE BOAT AND PASSENGERS (3) DEPARTED OKIE BEACH ON ALCOVA RESERVOIR AND HEADED TO SANDY BEACH.  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, ALL FOUR OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PARTY WERE COMSUMING ALCOHOL.  AFTER SPENDING TIME AT SANDY BEACH, THE OPERATOR/OWNER DECIDED TO TAKE THE GROUP TO FREMONT CANYON, WHERE THEY STOPPED AND TALKED WITH THE OCCUPANTS OF TWO OTHER BOATS.  PASSENGER 2 EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE WAY OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE BOAT.  PASSENGER 2 WAS SCARED AND PUT ON A LIFE JACKET.  PASSENGER 1 CONVINCED OPERATOR/OWNER TO LET HIM DRIVE THE BOAT OUT OF THE CANYON.  OPERATOR/OWNER AGREED.  SHORTLY BEFORE 6:30 P.M., IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE CRASH, PRIOR PASSENGER 1 AND NOW OPERATOR OF BOAT STATED PASSENGER (PREVIOUS OPERATOR AND OWNER OF BOAT) HAD TAKEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND HAD PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD.  THE BOAT STRUCK THE EAST WALL OF FREMONT CANYON AT A 50-60 DEGREE ANGLE OF IMPACT.  MEASUREMENTS TAKEN AT THE SCENE OF DEBRIS FROM THE BOAT CONCLUDED THAT THE BOAT WAS TRAVELING A MINIMUM OF 26 MILES PER HOUR ON IMPACT.  PASSENGERS 2 AND 3 WERE EJECTECD OVERBOARD, WHILE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER 1 (PREVIOUS OPERATOR/OWNER) REMAINED IN THE BOAT.  ALL FOUR SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING AT FULL THROTTLE AFTER THE CRASH UNTIL OPERATOR COULD PULL THE THROTTLE BACK AND SHUT IT DOWN.  OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
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