ACCORDING TO OPERATOR OF VESSEL THE THROTTLE LINKAGE HAD BROKEN ON HIS VESSEL AND HE HAD IDLED BACK TO THE RAMP.  AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LOAD HIS BOAT ONTO THE TRAILER THE THROTTLE WENT WIDE OPEN AS HE SHIFTED OUT OF NEUTRAL. THIS THREW THE OPERATOR OUT THE BACK OF THE BOAT INTO THE WATER. THE VESSEL BEGAN TO CIRCLE IN SPRING CREEK AND THEN RAN ASHORE NEAR THE WYETH DRIVE SWIMMING PIER. OPERATOR WAS PICKED UP OUT OF THE WATER BY ANOTHER VESSEL.
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