RedactedNarrative: BOAT OPERATOR WAS SLOWING REVERSING TO PICK UP ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WHO WAS IN THE WATER SWIMMING. BOAT OPERATOR CLAIMED HE PUT THE THROTTLE INTO NEUTRAL AND THOUGHT HE WAS JUST DRIFTING BACKWARDS. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PASSENGER WHO WAS SWIMMING IN THE WATER CAUSING SEVERE LACERATIONS TO BOTH LEG AREAS. Both operator and victim had been drinking.