THIS CRASH OCCURED AS THE OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL 1 WERE TRYING TO GET A ROPE TO A WATER SKIER BEHIND VESSEL 1. 

OPERATOR 1 STARTED TO BACK UP TO GET CLOSER TO THE WATER SKIER, BUT WHEN THE OPERATOR TRIED TO STOP THE VESSEL, IT CONTINUED IN REVERSE. THE WATER SKIER WAS PULLED UNDER AND SUSTAINED A SEVERE PROPELLER STRIKE TO THE LEG.

IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE MAJOR CRASH INVESTIGATION UNIT AFTERWARDS THAT THE VESSEL WOULD ONLY SHIFT INTO REVERSE, AND WOULD STAY IN REVERSE REGARDLESS OF THE SHIFT ACTUATOR POSITION.
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