RedactedNarrative: Victim fell off the back of the PWC while it was underway at a cruising speed. The operator brought the vessel up to plane, and after doing so, he hit the throttle and that is when the middle occupant noticed the victim did not have her hands around his waist and was not on the back of the vessel. The PWC was towing a inflatable tube that was not occupied at the time the victim fell off the craft. The victim became entangled in the tow rope and suffered fatal injuries as a result. 
  
  A passer by stopped and pulled the victim from the water and called 911. The victim was unconscious and CPR was given, then transported to a local hospital. With-in a few hours the victim was airlifted to a larger medical center where the victim died. 
  
  Certificate of death states: Blunt impact injury of neck with C2/C3 distarticulation and transection of the spinal cord.  