RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1 was traveling s.e. when vessel 1's steering malfunctioned causing vessel 1 to take a sharp turn to the left which caused the driver and two passengers to be ejected out of the starboard side of vessel 1.  Vessel 1 continued running in a tight circle and struck all three passengers.  
  
  Driver was struck on the head, but was able to get away from vessel 1 and was rescued by witnesses.  Passengers 2 and 3 were both struck by vessel 1's prop which caused fatal injuries to both passengers, they were both later recovered by enos fire department.  
  
  Poi was approx. 500 ft. N. Of n. Side of wood island and .1 mi. S. Of w. End of atlantic drive.  Por for vessel 1 was approx. 400 ft. N. Of poi, vessel 1 continued circling after impact with passengers until vessel 1 came to a rest on the n. Shoreline where vessel 1 became grounded and stopped running.  
  
  Investigation found that vessel 1's throttle was in full forward throttle, but is believed to be struck by driver as he was being ejected, witnesses stated that vessel 1 was not going very fast (estimated about 20 mph) before event.  
  
  Also found that vessel 1 was not equipped with a cut off switch.  It was also found that vessel 1's steering was not operating correctly.  Troop w's marine technician  inspected vessel 1's steering and found that a pin was missing in the engine compartment that was part of the steering harness.  Technician was able to locate the pin in the bilge area and placed the pin where it belonged and noted that the steering operated correctly at that point. Technician noted that a cotter pin should have held the pin in place but no such pin was located inside the bilge area where the pin was found.
  