WITNESS SYNOPSIS: OPERATOR ALLOWED GRANDSON (P1) TO OPERATE VESSEL WHEN P2 LEFT HELM AND WALKED TO THE BOW OF THE BOAT. THE BOAT SUDDENLY STALLED AND P2 WAS EJECTED INTO THE WATER IN FRONT OF THE BOAT. THE BOAT RAN OVER HIM. LACERATION TO LEFT TEMPLE AREA OF HEAD.

OtorPERA PUSHED VESSEL FROM BEACH AND WENT TO HELM OPERATING VESSEL. BOAT RAN OUT OF GAS. FUEL LINES WERE CHANGED TO AUXILLARY FUEL TANKS. P1 STARTED THE VESSEL AND IT WAS RUNNING ON A PLANE AT 20 MPH THEN SUDDENLY DIED. P2 WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR ON THE BOW OF THE PONTOON BOAT AND WAS EJECTED AND WAS RUN OVER BY THE BOAT. P1 IMMEDIATELY JUMPED INTO THE WATER TAKING A LIFEJACKET FOR HIMSELF AND THE VICTIM. HELP WAS HAILED FROM PASSING BOATERS AND FRIENDS. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO CLIFTON MARINA AND TRANSPORTED TO WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL. LATER TRANSPORTED TO VANDERBILT HOSPITAL FOR HEAD INJURIES.
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