Boat accident in BL??
 

Heard on news that there was a boat accident today on biglake. Said boater fell out or something. Anyone know what happened?

Friend of mines brother fished him out the lake. Was by himself in a center console. Somehow he ended up in the water and his boat ran him over and cut his hand off at the wrist. It was hangin by some skin and apparently it was not salvageable.

I feel bad for any one in this situation, but may this be a learning curve for the rest!
Fishing for him will be a bit more complicated now.

Wow..... At least he still has his life.

Kill switch and life jacket.

Finally got in the habit of wearing mine, especially when I am by myself.

Hope he is okay.

Probably so I will be there when they open at. 11

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Damn this guy is very lucky to be alive!

He is till learning to use the internet

That sucks. Glad the guy is still alive. Bad stuff happens fast.

Man that sucks for sure. I have a question though. It has always baffled me how someone falls out of their boat and the prop hits them. I would think the boat would wizz by before you got to prop. Do most of the prop injuries happen when the boater falls out of the back? Just curious

If the boat makes a circle while you are bobbing around... Usually something a little violent sends you out and the wheel or tiller is your only grip, so it gets yanked and the boat just does doughnuts.

Not saying this is what happened though...

I would imagine that most of the time it's trying to hang on and keep yourself in the boat leaves you hanging over the edge for a little while which would then get them sucked under the boat. I don't know of it would even happen that way but that's how I'd imagine it happening in my head.


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A lot of times the boat turns and starts going in a circle.... That's when it gets bad.

I rescued a guy about 20 years ago on Toledo Bend. Tiller handle 25 Merc.... The guy was moving his gas line around while running and I assume hit a stump or log.

It threw him overboard.... When I finally got to him he told me he was getting ready to go under.... He was totally exhausted from treading water and dodging the boat.

He was too exhausted to get in the boat. I have him a life jacket to put on and another one to hang on too and slowly pulled him to land. Took me and 2 other guys to get him out of the water. He was totally exhausted, rubber legs....etc....

This is exactly what can happen. I hit something one time in the intracoastal and it knocked my tiller out of my hand and boat started bouncing in circles wide open. I was hanging off the side trying to reach my tiller about to go over. If I would've went over the prop was coming right over me. I finally got hold of the tiller and shut the motor off just in time. Half my body was soaked from hanging over the side.

does anyone know the gentleman's name and which hospital he went to?

yep, its too late to start after you fall out.

last few years I started wearing my life jacket whenever im moving but I still don't wear the tether because I hate being tied down to something.

wish they would invent a simple remote tether so it kills if you move more then 2 ft away from the controls, that would make it soo much less bother to wear

for years we learn to be comfortable and not wear these things yet they should be something we should always do yet how often do you really see older adults wearing them today?

I think the newer generation have less bad boating habits to overcome then us old farts

i work with a guy who was on the boat who scooped him out the water, he didn't hear that his hand was completely cut off but he did say it was SEVERE cuts, regardless, as y'all have said, it doesn't take long for bad things to happen on the water.

The guy launched at Hebert's but was brought to Cal Point by another boat (faster boat) to be transported by ambulance. He was first spotted by a couple of guys that saw the boat going in circles at about 1/4 throttle in the 9-mile area. They spotted the guy, pulled him in and hauled a$$ back to the launch. When I got back to the launch, some guys were bringing his boat back in and there was blood all over it. Bad situation.

Let's all say a prayer for the poor fellow who was injured and resolve to wear out preservers and kill switches when running. I once saw a 10' piece of telephone pole floating in the ship channel and my cousin once ran over a big wooden cable reel that was floating just at water level, he was OK but things like that can easily fall off barges or break loose from docks. If you hit something like that at 30-40 mph you are probably going over the side and no matter how strong a swimmer that you are, you can't swim when you are knocked out cold.

with all the new regs on fuel tanks and fuel tank vents for EPA emissions. you'd think the feds would come up with some standard for kill switches. the cost of new boats is going up because of the fuel tank thing, hate to think about the cost of some type of kill switch monitor.

I'd prefer to see the waters made safer by increased common sense and care, rather than more government regulation.

Life jackets and kill switches have been mentioned repeatedly. But moderation with respect to speed is also very important. We often see people going way too fast for the conditions/debris/traffic/etc. The probability of death and serious injury in boating accidents accident approximately doubles for every 10 mph increase in speed above 20 mph. An accident at 40 mph is 4 times more likely to result in death or permanent injury than an accident at 20 mph. Just because the boat can take the chop at 40 mph doesn't mean the chop won't prevent you from seeing debris in the water.

Stopping and turning distances are not linear with speed, they are quadratic. This means that the distance you need to avoid an incident is 9 times longer at 60 mph than at 20 mph. Even at 20 mph I ask the people closer to the front of the boat to keep an eye out for debris and alert me to any issues. I also often tool around at 5-8 mph in unfamiliar areas that may have stumps, shallow oyster beds, or pilings and in areas I know are prone to have lots of debris.

there is no need for more regulations just because some people cant pay attention and do right. shoulda wore the kill switch that is provided and nothing wouldve happened. got wet, went home. ive seen a buddy of mine get thrown and swim back to his boat.

but yes, sad to hear.

Fact #1- Nothing will ever be completely Idiot-proof.

Fact #2- If someone claims to make something Idiot-proof, someone will always build a better Idiot!!!

No disrespect meant for the injured boater, just my take on the attempts to make a boat completely safe....just the nature of the beast, it can never be accomplished but a bunch a money can be wasted in the attempt.

Doesn't take much money not to boat alone.

Doesn't take much money to drive at moderate speeds under given conditions.

Doesn't take much money to NEVER drink and drive a boat, even just a little.

Doesn't take much money to always wear a life jacket.

My wife and I do some consulting as expert witnesses in vehicle accidents and other examples where people win stupid prizes for playing stupid games.

On the road, almost all serious injury and deaths are due to some combination of alcohol, failure to wear a seat belt, and excessive speed for the conditions. (Texting and driving is the biggest exception.)

On the water, almost all serious injury and deaths are due to some combination of alcohol, failure to wear a life jacket, and excessive speed for the conditions.

Respect your own life and the lives of those on board and sharing the water with you.

its not the size of the boat but the ignorance of the driver not to slow down when needed as seen here with joe jack arse at the helm:

Still have no idea what that guy in the video is doing with the throttle. Why is he slamming it back and forth?

the 37 year old man was highly intoxicated, no telling how he fell out but as the boat was doing circles he apparently thought he could grab the side of the boat to try and climb in, that's how it ran him over. Dr's did first of many surgeries today looks like they saved his hand so far.

I'd edit that Capt b/c of hippa just to be safe

Anyone have any updates on the gentlemans condition?