Hello Althea,
I got curious and did a little searching. I found a story on the video. I was sadly right. 5 of the 7 people on that boat went to the hospital after that crash. It was no laughing matter at all. I was unable to determine how it happened, but apparently the story came out as I had suspected that the boat struck the wake of another vessel at high speed, went airborne, spun a bit in the air and then came down sideways, which is what caused it to rock so violently side to side, and for the passengers and driver to be flung about like rag dolls.
Total mistake by the driver for not reducing speed prior to hitting that wake.
"A shocking video has captured the moment a family day out on the water turned to tragedy in a horrific boating crash.
The footage, taken at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri last Friday, shows the passengers being thrown back-and-forth like rag dolls after the family's powerboat plows into a large wake at high speed.
At the beginning of the video, two female boaters, presumably mother and daughter, are seen dressed in bright coloured bikinis and sunglasses, smiling and posing, clearly aware of the camera's presence.
But the fun-filled atmosphere soon turns to chaos when the vessel - a Fountain powerboat - hits the large wake of another boat passing by, and the unnamed family comes to blows on the waterway.
The boat's driver, who was speeding along the popular lake, loses control and the vessel starts violently rocking from side-to-side.
The passengers are seen slamming around the boat's interior like dolls during the surprise crash.
The driver and the bikini-clad daughter are flung to opposite ends of the vessel in what look like painful projections.
All seven boaters were injured in the incident, according to LakeTV.
Five were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for minor to moderate injuries."
Having Too Much Money In Missouri: Shocking video captures moment boat crashes on Missouri lake sending family flying
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