Illinois Man Injured in Watercraft Accident

(Janesville Gazette - Published Monday, June 6, 2005)

FULTON TOWNSHIP-An Illinois man was hurt in a personal watercraft accident Sunday on the Rock River.Maciek Wojtas, 18, suffered an apparent broken leg when his watercraft collided with one driven by a 17-year-old boy on the river near Harbor Recreation, said Henry Sautin, captain of the Rock River Safety Patrol.Marina staff boated ambulance crews out to Wojtas and brought him back to an ambulance on shore. Wojtas was treated and released from Edgerton Memorial Community Hospital.The accident was due to operator inexperience with personal watercraft, Sautin said.