OCEAN CITY — A 30th birthday celebration on the water took a decided turn for the worse on Monday when a Sykesville man jumped off the bow of a rented pontoon boat while the vessel was in motion and was struck in the head, neck and shoulder by the propeller.
Around 5:10 p.m. on Monday, John Scott Hauf, 26, was on a rented pontoon boat with six other friends celebrating a 30th birthday party when he jumped off the front of the vessel while it was in motion in the Isle of Wight Bay in the area of 32nd Street. The pontoon boat ran over Hauf and he was struck by the propeller, causing severe lacerations to his left shoulder, neck and the back of his head.
Hauf’s friends were able to pull him from the water and administered First-Aid until they were able to get the vessel to port at nearby Bahia Marina. Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) and the Coast Guard responded along with Ocean City Emergency Services, which transported the victim to PRMC in Salisbury in critical condition.
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6 comments:
Hey, kids... read and learn. Alcohol might lead to stupid moves.
Should be a Darwin Award nominee.
Hope he has Obama care.
Funny what booze does to you. At 27 my guess is he voted for Obama.
I hate reading stories like this. When they survive, it takes them out of the Darwin award running.
Actually I should have won the Darwin Award in 1980 when I got stupid drunk and jumped off of the Rt 50 OC bridge...ON LOW TIDE!! Thank there were no boats passing underneath at that moment.
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