It would be useful to all boaters to understand the scenario that led to the accident. If a detailed explanation is made available, I hope someone posts it here. Otherwise we are just speculating, and nobody learns anything.
I can't imagine any scenario in which someone being towed and is completely behind the propeller ends up being struck by it. If I am missing something, enlighten me.
The only thing I can imagine is that the person injured was not being towed at the time of the accident, but was in the water with the boat approaching, perhaps to be picked up or to have the rope brought around for another pull. Boat comes too close to swimmer, driver cuts wheel sharply to steer away, resulting in prop being aimed directly at swimmer. This is pure speculation on my part, but aside from a second boat coming too close to the swimmer, what else is there?
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