RedactedNarrative: Based on the witness statements and the sequence of events given, I believe the crash is a result of unsafe speed. Operator was traveling down, or south, the river toward the Little Eddie. Traveling down the river at that point, the river curves to the right making the Little Eddie sand bar to the operator’s right. As Operator approached the curve, he was unable to see the vessel, traveling down river, as it went around the curve of the Little Eddie. 
  
  When Operator saw the vessel he let off the throttle completely, trying to turn the PWC to the left, then to the right. The PWC continued traveling somewhat straight toward the outside, or left, of the river.  A PWC has no off-throttle steering, if the throttle is not engaged, the PWC will continue somewhat on its present course, turning neither left nor right. Unable to turn the PWC to the right and continue down the river, the PWC crashed into the base of a tree on the far shoreline, bringing the vessel to a complete stop. he operator, Operator had sustained a laceration/puncture type wound to his left elbow along with a laceration to his head
  
  