Nolin accident

[Fisherjoe]

I believe the boating law prevents use of headlights while running due to the possibility of blinding the other guy.

[CTFSHWHISKER]

actually the headlights may be good for the boat with them,but saturday night running up southfork i came up on a pontoon with 2 real bright headlights,i had to stop to an idle becaue in the light fog it did nothing but blind me,for a short time afterwards too.Not trying to say anyone is at fault or not but it is very hard to see the front lights on a toon unless it is coming straight at you,then since the white light is mounted high they sometimes blend in with the house lights on the bank.And by the way i was only running about 35mph at the fastest.if you use headlights please angle them so they aren't so blinding or turn them off when you meet another boat.personally i have been with guys who believe you ne a few million candle power to see where you are going and i feel it is harder to see with it..jmo.

[BGO]

It happened right at my sons father-in-laws camp and he was the first one there. From my understanding the pontoon did not have lights on. He said the guy looked pretty bad.

[brushhunter]

update on condition from sister in law

Jeremy is in a room of his own now on the same floor he'd been in in the trauma unit with other patients. They've had him up and out of bed some. He's got a fracture in his lower back that is giving him some pain. I'm not sure if or when they'll work on that. They put 3 pins in 3 of the top vertebrae near the base of his neck. He won't have the plate installed on the back part of his head where it broke his skull for about another year. They'll want to monitor for possible infections. At first, they thought he'd been thrown from his boat, but that wasn't the case. So, maybe, that would mean it could be fixed sooner since he didn't get into all the bacteria in the lake water. His collarbone is broken where he impacted on his right side. It's pretty bruised. He's got fractures on his face near his ear. It's just going to take time before we'll know how affected he'll be personality wise and ability wise. He's still pretty much medicated and sluggish.