LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- The race boat driver injured Saturday in a crash at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout is on the road to recovery.

Jeff McCann of Morehead, N.C., had a rough run down the race course in Jack's Waterfront, a 23-foot Donzi, before spinning out and crashing at the finish line.

Boat Crashes At Shootout Finish Line, 2016

A boat crashed just before noon on Friday, Aug. 27, 2016 at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout.

The open-cockpit, black v-bottom had an unstable run down the race course, and as it approached the finish line, spun out, throwing the driver into the water.

The boat sank within minutes after the crash, but the driver, who was wearing a helmet and life vest, was recovered by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and was taken to treatment aboard a Mid County Fire Protection District emergency boat.

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McCann ejected or was thrown from the cockpit and the boat sank within 30 seconds. Rescue crews responded quickly with one responder leaping from a Missouri State Highway Patrol boat to secure McCann, who was wearing a life jacket and helmet, but floating face-down and unconscious in the water. From the video, it took 36 seconds from when McCann hit the water to the first responder making contact.

A Nikon camera time lapse from the racetrack shows it only took 4 minutes, 10 seconds from the crash to the driver being secured to a backboard, out of the water, transferred to a fireboat and receiving care from medical professionals. 

McCann was reportedly conscious and communicating in the fireboat on the way to shore to meet the ambulance.

Jeffrey McCann - 'Scream Machine'
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