13 years old. I live on the Colorado River. One side is Nevada, the other side is Arizona. The part I live on is a very well-known family vacation spot. People are dying every weekend because of these jet skis. Now, I have nothing against jet skis, I think they're fun, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THEM. I see kids as young as 10 on these things and on a river that's a quarter mile wide, you get a bunch of weekend jet skiers, mix that with boats, fisherman, swimmers and BOOZE and people are gonna die. I'm looking out my window right now and seeing these things go by and ridiculous speeds. There are laws, they just don't enforce them. They rent to anyone and they don't even give them instructions. It's crazy.
While I agree 100 percent with your comments on jet skis and the idiots who drive them, it is not clear to me that a jet ski was involved in this incident. They describe the craft being driven by the 13 year old as a "skiff." That would be an odd term to use to describe a jet ski.
Dang. All I see are Mexican landscapers...