Guys "Moon" From Boat, Fall Overboard, Get Run Over by Propeller

Wow, talk about not seeing that one coming. Ever mooned someone and thought, "What's the worst that can happen?" How about having the propeller blade of a boat slash you in the face? How about them apples? Here's more from The Age in Australia:

A failed practical joke in which three men in a dinghy "bared their buttocks" at a group of people has been blamed for a boating accident on the Gold Coast that left a teenager with serious facial injuries.

A man was also issued with a Notice to Appear for drink driving of a vessel following the incident.

Police believe the dinghy became unstable after the three occupants stood up in the vessel.

The trio lost their balance and fell into the waterway — a canal at Broadbeach Waters — around 4pm yesterday.

A police spokesperson said the boat engine continued to run in gear, leaving the vessel circling unoccupied in the waterway.

It looped around the group, and the rotating propeller stuck a 17-year-old Kanimbla boy in the face.

He was rushed to the Gold Coast Hospital, suffering serious facial injuries. The injury required surgery, and the youth remains in hospital in a stable condition.

Police issued a 20-year-old Rochedale South man with a Notice to Appear for drink driving of a vessel. He will appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on October 1.

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