ON 9/18/11 AT APPROX 1601HRS MCSO RADIO ADVISED OF AN INJURY BOATING ACCIDENT IN THE AREA OF YELLOW CLIFFS BOAT RAMP. AT APPROX 1605HRS DEPUTIES LOCATED THE PWC WITH 2 INJURED PEOPLE. THEY WERE BROUGHT TO SHORE BY AN UNINVOLVED BOATER. THE FEMALE OPERATOR HAD AN oBVIOUS DEFORMITY TO HER LOWER LEFT LEG. SHE COMPLAINED OF EXTREME PAIN AND WAS EVALUATED BY PARAMEDICS. THE PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF CHEST AND RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN FROM THE IMPACT. RURAL METRO AMBULANCE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND AN AIR AMBULANCE. PASSENGER STATED THAT THEY WERE GOING TOO FAST AND THE OPERATOR WAS INEXPERIENCED. THE PWC HIT A LARGE WAVE AND THEN A SECOND AND THEY CAME TO A QUICK STOP. HE SAID HE WAS THEN THROWN INTO THE OPERATOR and they WERE EJECTED. HE STATED HE COULD NOT GET THE OPERATOR OUT OF THE WATER DUE TO THE PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND SHOULDER. HE SAID THEY WERE IN THE WATER FOR A LONG TIME AND FINALLY HE WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER BOATERS ATTENTION AND THEY CALLED THE SHERIFFS OFFICE. OPERATOR WAS FLOWN BY AIR EVAC 7 TO JOHN C LINCOLN NORTH MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. PASSENGER REFUSED TREATMENT AND SAID HE WOULD SELF TRANSPORT. THE PWC HAD A BROKEN HANDLE BAR YOKE FROM THE IMPACT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION.
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