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Man In Back Yard Hit By Out-Of-Control Boat
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| 4/4/10
Posted on 04/06/2010 1:34:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A boating crash in Orange County on Saturday evening sent one man to the hospital.
Orange County sheriff's deputies said an 18-foot-long pontoon boat ran ashore and landed on top of a 54-year-old man who was working on a jet ski in his back yard on Lake Holden.
Investigators said there was some sort of mechanical malfunction with the pontoon boat, which sent it out of control.
The injured man was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with chest injuries and a large gash to one leg. Deputies said the driver of the pontoon boat was friends with the victim.
The sheriff's office said charges are pending.
TOPICS: Sports; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: backyard; boat; florida
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To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:05:34 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: nickcarraway
How in the world did this happen? Pontoon boats don’t go that fast
To: nickcarraway
well, if this is a BOAT/US insurance claim, I’d like to see how it goes!
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:26:26 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Karl Marx was NOT one of America's Founding Fathers)
To: subterfuge
And don't forget the safety lanyard that goes to the kill switch... Mandatory on PWC.... Of course if you tie it to the handlebars instead of your life vest... Oh well
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:34:10 PM PDT
by
Waverunner
( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
To: nickcarraway
Another "hold-mah-beerah" moment out on the water.
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posted on
04/06/2010 2:41:32 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
( In the span of one man's lifetime, only the individual has any potential - not the collective.)
To: subterfuge
Unless there is more to the story. was he(pontoon pete) by himself...did pontoon pete get sleepy?....
To: Joe Boucher
alcohol? I'd say that's a pretty good guess.
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posted on
04/07/2010 7:15:01 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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