THE OPERATOR WAS SHUTTLING PEOPLE FROM BALLS BOAT RAMP TO AN ISLAND JUST OUTSIDE OF PORT ROYAL FOR A PICNIC. HE WAS ON HIS LAST SHUTTLE TRIP AND HAD THIRTEEN PASSENGERS ABOARD HIS SIXTEEN FOOT VESSEL. AT APPROX. THIRTY YARDS AWAY FROM THE ISLAND THE OPERATOR DECELERATED CAUSING WATER TO COME OVER THE BOW OF HIS VESSEL CAUSING HIS VESSEL TO RAPIDLY FILL WITH WATER AND SWAMPING HIS VESSEL. THE VESSEL HAD AN OPEN BOW SEATING AREA WITH A MAJORITY OF THE PASSENGER SITTING IN THIS AREA.
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