DRIVER OF JET SKI STATED THEY WERE DRIVING ALONG 6 MILE ISLAND. THEY DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAD DIVERTED ATTENTION AND DROVE TOWARDS THE TIP OF THE ISLAND. THE UPRIVER TIP OF THE ISLAND HAS SHALLOW WATER STRETCHED OUT ABOUT 100 FEET. THE OPERATOR DROVE INTO THIS SHALLOW WATER AND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE THROWN FROM WATERCRAFT. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE TAKEN TO NORTON HOSPITAL VIA EMS.
DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER HEAD AND FACE. SHE HAD A CONCUSSION AND HAD TO HAVE 12 STITCHES FOR GASHES IN HER FACE. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN NOSE, DISLOACTED LEFT WRIST, CONCUSSION, AND A GASH TO HER FACE (2 STITCHES). THE JET SKI WAS TOTALED DUE TO MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE UPPER AND LOWER HULL. THE LEFT MIRROR WAS ALSO BROKEN, WITH INJURIES ON THE DRIVERS FACE RESEMBLING THE BROKEN MIRROR. PFDS WERE USED. NO ALCOHOL.
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