Nita Boles, also co-founder of “Parents and Families for Personal Watercraft Safety,” lost her own daughter in a similar loss-of-steering accident in Texas. Mrs. Boles, a registered nurse, was working at a nearby hospital on July 4th, 1998, when her 16-year-old daughter met a friend at Lake Texoma. The teenagers went out for rides on two personal watercraft. Deborah’s friend was bearing down on her, and in order to avoid a collision, her friend let off the throttle and tried to turn away. Desperately she tried to steer, but the vessel shot in a straight line like a rocket, broadsiding Deborah at 30 miles per hour. Deborah suffered massive head injuries and died on the way to the hospital. A witness noted that Deborah’s friend, in shock, kept saying: “It wouldn’t turn; it wouldn’t turn!”
Nita Boles reflects on that fateful day: “When Deborah’s friend let go of the throttle, she lost control of the craft. In that one crucial moment, the loss of steering was the deciding factor in my daughter’s life.”
complete and utter Bullsh*t.
the deciding factor in her daughters life was the "BEARING DOWN" instance, not the Loss of steering.
because if her friend hadn't been "bearing down on her" she wouldn't have had to try relying on the steering system at the last moment to avoid the collision.
