RCMP officers in the North Okanagan are investigating after a collision between a Sea-Doo and a boat on Okanagan Lake Sunday afternoon.
RCMP spokesman Corporal Gord Molendyk tells CHBC News the incident happened after 1 p.m. near Kin Beach in Vernon.
A 9-year-old boy was operating a Sea-Doo with his 18-year-old brother when it drove up over the back of a boat and landed on top of the 27-year-old driver.
Witnesses said the two boys were driving recklessly prior to the accident, weaving in and out of boats on the lake and jumping boat wakes, including the wake of the boat they landed on top of.
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Police said the man’s friend had to push the personal water craft off of him to stablize the out of control boat after the accident.
The 27-year-old, from Carr’s Landing, suffered facial abrasions, a concussion and has no recollection of the accident.
The other two boat passengers, a 37-year-old man and his 5-year-old son were unharmed .
Few details have been released about the operator of the personal watercraft, but Molendyk says the victim sustained minor injuries.
Molendyk says charges are pending against the 9-year-old boy and his 18-year-old brother.
The two had switched places just before the accident ocurred, so the 9-year-old was illegally driving the Sea-doo as legally the driver has to be 16-years-old.
Neither boy had a boaters license.
Molendyk said issues such as proper licensing and the lack of a spotter will come into play.
On Friday night, a 10-year-old girl from Edmonton was killed on the lake in Kelowna after a collision between a boat and a personal watercraft.
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