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Boat owner ‘millimetres’ away from being struck in incident at Mindarie

Millsy & Karl
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A boat owner says he was “millimetres” away from being struck by a boat that launched into the jetty at the Mindarie boat ramp on Sunday.

Shocking footage has emerged of the incident which shows a boat suddenly accelerating and launching into the jetty.

Luckily no-one was injured in the crash but Andrew says he is still shaken up.

“My son’s also very upset about it,” he said on 6PR Breakfast.

“He was actually in my boat. We were basically winching my boat onto my trailer, and then out of the corner of my eye I’ve seen this boat coming flying across on the left-hand side of me.

“I don’t know, I just took evasive action, literally managed to get out of the way, it actually took the front end of my trailer right off, rode up … across the roof of my ute then landed on the pontoon with the engine running at full throttle.

“I mean it’s absolutely shocking, absolutely shocking.”

Andrew said the boat owner slipped causing him to accelerate.

“The guy said that he slipped and he reckon he caught his shirt on the throttle, and that basically put the boat into full throttle,” he said.

“And he basically is still on the boat but he fell backwards as the boat accelerated so fast.”

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Image: Karl Langdon, Twitter

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