ON 06/20/09 OPERATOR 1, ALONG WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WAS SPENDING THE DAY NEAR MINNECONJOU LAKE ACCESS AREA ON LAKE OAHE. AT 6:00 PM OPERATOR 1 TOOK ONE LAST RIDE ON HIS FRIENDS PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. OPERATOR 1 HAD VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE OPERATING A PWC, AND HE HAD ALSO BEEN DRINKING PRIOR TO HIS VOYAGE. OPERATOR 1 TRAVELED UP THE BAY AND INTO THE MOUTH OF PARADISE CREEK, WHERE HE HIT A BARBED WIRE FENCE. THE PWC BROKE THE WIRES ON THE FENCE AND CAME TO REST AGAINST THE BANK. OPERATOR 1  WAS THROWN FROM THE PWC. OPERATOR 1 WAS WEARING A PFD BUT INJURED HIS ARM IN THE COLLISION. HE ALSO HAD CUTS ON HIS ARMS AND LEGS FROM THE WIRE. OPERATOR 1 AND THE PWC WERE RECOVERED THE NEXT MORNING (06/21/09) AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 AM. OPERATOR 1 WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO EAGLE BUTTE, SD, WERE HIS CUTS AND DEHYDRATION WERE TREATED. THE PWC HAD EXTERIOR DAMAGE AND WAS RETURNED TO THE OWNER.
EAGLE BUTTE                   