ON AUGUST 11, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 HRS. VESSEL 1 OPERATED BY OPERATOR WAS PULLING A YOUNG MAN ON A SURFBOARD BY THE NAME OF INJURED. INJURED FELL OFF THE BOARD AND WAS FLOATING IN THE WATER WAITING FOR VESSEL 1 TO RETURN TO PICK HIM UP. VESSEL 1 CAME BACK AROUND AND THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 STATED THAT HE WAS SLOWING DOWN TO RETRIEVE INJURED BUT DID NOT REALIZE THAT VESSEL 1 WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN FAST ENOUGH THAT OPERATOR COULD NOT STEER THE BOAT AWAY IN TIME BEFORE A COLLISION WOULD OCCUR. VESSEL 1 STRUCK INJURED AS HE WAS IN THE WATER. INJURED WAS PUSHED UNDER THE BOAT AND HIT THE OUTBOARD PROP CAUSING EXTREME INJUIRES. INJURED RECEIVED INJURIEDS TO HIS LEFT SIDE. INJURED HAD A COMPLETE AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT ARM. DEEP CUTS TO HIS RIB CAGE AND CUTS TO HIS BACK AND LEFT LEG. INJURED WAS WEARING A WETSUIT THAT WAS COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF BY THE PROPELLER CAUSING HIM TO BE COMPLETELY NAKED WHEN RESCUED. OPERATOR RETRIEVED INJURED OUT OF THE WATER AND CALLED 911. OPERATOR THEN APPYLIED DIRECT PRESSURE TO THE INJURY AND WAVED BYSTANDERS DOWN TO ASSIST WITH THE RESCUE TILL EMS PERSONEL ARRIVED.
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