Accident near St Charles, MO
 

This is from RiverBills.com. Just a reminder how fast things can go wrong on the water. Join me in wishing Sherri a speedy recovery.

Gare

Hey Bill

Sherri and my daughter were hit by a wave runner tonight while sitting on the back of my boat. The PWC lost control and hit them. My daugh...ter is a little beat up but okay. Sherri however, has a fractured pelvis in 3 places and a fractured tailbone, she is having some terrible pain.

She is at St Josephs on 1st Capitol in St Charles if you would like to give her a little trouble.

Jeff Easley

Will be thinking of them, glad they are going to be ok.

...hope for a speedy recovery...

It's crazy to think how quickly things can go wrong. Wishing the best for them.

i hope they are both ok,it seems like a lot of boating accidents involve jet skies lately.

First things first.. I wish them both a speedy recovery! Now, on to the lake lice. I am fed up with these damn things! They are making them too fast. They are becoming manned water missles that are being navigated by idiots. It is unfortunate because there are responsible adults that know how to operate these machines, but they are few and far between.

I have read about way too many boat and PWC accidents this year. We ALL need to pay a bit more attention on the water. There is never really a time you can let your guard down, even when not under power....

AGAIN, I WISH BOTH A SPEEDY RECOVERY (I apologize for my rant).

Sorry to hear............. Hopefully, both will fully recover in record time and they will have no lasting effects. Between the PWC and the throngs of dumbazzes texting and driving, you have to wonder what kind of people us thinkers are surrounded by.

Prayers for a speedy recovery

Jeff and his family are great people. I've been praying for Sherri and his daughter to get well soon.

Jeff said they were beached up at a popular local island. While his wife and daughter were sitting on the swim platform, the rider ran over the swim platform. A first time rider on a wave runner came in too fast, let off the throttle, and tried turning.

Thank God it wasn't a 27' warlock like I watched a$$pack a bow rider in Illinois this spring! Hope all people involved make 100% recoveries.

Sorry to hear about the injuries to your wife and daughter, wish them a speedy recovery.

+1 :hothead::hothead::hothead:

Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Dave

"They are becoming manned water missles that are being navigated by idiots." You said it. There are way too many of them now and the driving is worse all the time.

My wishes for full recovery for the injured.

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

Whether its a PWC or a boat, you are going to have idiots. There should be mandatory training for operators, just like getting a license for a car or motorcycle. These days all you have to do is plop down the cash and you are on the water. When my boys decided to get a boat, they didn't realize I would be asking them a few questions, including some rules of the road. They at least know what different buoys and markers are for and rules for right of way. it may not save them 100%, but they are less likely to cause the problem. Even the DNR around here are pretty dumb when it comes to kowing the rules of the road on inland waters.
Hopefully there is a speedy recovery for these folks

Praying for a quick recovery

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I broke my pelvis on a jet ski many years ago(did not hit a boat just crashed)and it is extreamly painful,more so than the femur, arm and ribs I have broke in other accidents.You just can't get into any position that is not painful.My advice to anyone recovering is don't think about how bad it hurts today think about how bad it was yesterday and today is just a bit better and tommorow will be just a bit better than that.That is all you have (and pain meds)as it is a slow healing prosses but you get just a bit better each day,there will not be a day you wake up and say" I'm healed" but always think about the small gains each day.She will probably always have pain from this and it will become something she will live with but they are both ok and with us so that is the important part.Wish her a speady recovery and let us know when she is back out on the water.

:hothead::hothead::hothead: A friend of mine broke his pelvis in a bike accident, serious s hit! I'd be heading straight to a lawyer!!

Im very sorry to hear, Let us know know it goes....

WOW!

First off, it is a good to hear things are able to heal.
Wish them the best in recovery from this

I was curious on the accident, where they in the boat or water? I truly can forsee they were in the back of the boat and the ski landed in it :( Hate to imagine such a thing, but the jetskis get way to close to the back of boats!

But anyway, I google "St. Charles boat accident" and it pulled up more LAWYER links then anything else! Maybe just another sign that one should be contacted! Just my thoughts

Wishing the best

Thanks everyone, I am truly amazed at the outpouring of support. Anyone who says that boaters are not the best people in the world is wrong! Like PlowTownMissle said, we were beached on a popular island with a boat and 2 waverunners next to us. The waverunners kept flying in, at one point beaching them 20' up on the sand. These were pretty new Yamaha's too, I was surprised to see them treated that way.
At one point, one of them came in way to fast heading towards his boat, swerved to miss his boat and aimed it straight at my boat where I was standing behind it and my wife and daughter were on the swim platform.
He hit the port side of the swim platform, going on top of it, hitting my wife, continues across hitting my 16 yr old daughter before going back into the water.
My wife and daughter are seriously injured and I get help to get her in the boat so I can take her to the mainland with ambulance access.
I get a pic of the guys drivers license, reg numbers and phone number, as he is all apologetic, I call water patrol and report the accident and tell the guys I will be back as soon as the ambulance gets them, to make the report. I make it back in about 30 minutes and they have left the scene.
Now the guy has my phone number blocked in his phone and wont respond to the water patrol.
Water patrol has a ton of info on him though and doesnt seem the least bit worried they will find him and they have a coupl of serious charges for him.
Also, the wave runners were borrowed, the owner wasnt even on site and I dont know if the owner even knows what happened.
My wife spent 5 days in the hospital with multiple fractures in the pelvis and pubic bone and tailbone. She can only walk with a walker right now but is beginning to feel better. Fortunately my daughter only has some bad bruising and is good and sore but was treated and released.
I appreciate everyones support!!

We were actually in Illinois by a couple hundred feet so it is being handled by Illinois DNR..Ive searched and cant find accident reports in IL on line.

Hey Flyin. RiverBills.com is where I got the original info on the accident. I'm probably the furthest north regular contributer to the site. We just wanted Sherri to know that her extended boating family up here on the upper Illinois was thinkin' of her and wishing her a speedy and complete recovery. Sure hope everything works out for you folks. Keep us posted.

Capt Gare

Thats cool! Im glad you passed on the word for people to look out. I have been on the Mississippi nearly 40 years and this is my first incident.Glad to see some RiverBills regulars here! lol I sure appreciate the kind words and we will keep you updated..Thanks!