ON JUNE 24TH VESSEL ONE (V1) WAS OPERATED BY OPERATOR ONE (O1) ON THE MISSOURI RIVER WITH FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD (P1, P2, P3, P4). P2, P3, AND P4 WERE WEARING PFDS. O1 WAS MOORED TO THE 3RD PILLAR ON THE PLATTE-WINNER BRDGE FROM THE EASTERN BANK. P1 RELEASED THE MOORING  O1 ALLOWED THE BOAT TO DRIFT DOWNSTREAM. 

O1 DROVE THE BOAT TO THE NEXT PILLAR TO THE WEST (4TH PILLAR FROM THE EASTERN BANK). P1 THREW A ROPE AROUND THE PILLAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOOR THE BOAT TO IT. O1 SLOWLY ACCELLERATED TOWARDS THE PILLAR. O1 TRIPPED ON A TACKLE BOX ON THE FLOOR OF THE BOAT. O1 FELL, AND WHILE FALLING GRABBED ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND PUSHED THE TROTTLE FORWARD TO FULL POWER. THE BOAT ACCELERATED INTO THE PILLAR AND  TURNED SIDEWAYS UPON IMPACT. 

O1 WAS ABLE TO STOP THE THROTTLE AND ALLOW THE BOAT TO DRIFT AWAY FROM THE PILLAR. O1 DROVE THE BOAT BACK TO THE PLATTE BOAT RAMP. 

P1 EXPERIENCED MUSCLE PAIN AND SPASMS LATER THAT EVENING. SHE WAS TAKEN TO ACUTE CARE
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