Powerboat Hits Large Wake and Spins Out of Control

4th September 2012

#boataccident – Clearly aware of the camera's presence, a day out on the water turned to tragedy in a horrific boating crash on Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri in the United States last week for one American family. All seven boaters were injured in the incident, according to LakeTV.

The footage shows the passengers being thrown back-and-forth like rag dolls after the family's powerboat plows into a large wake at high speed.

Five were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for minor to moderate injuries.

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