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June 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A CityCat ferry has hit two high-school rowers in the Brisbane River, leaving one with serious head injuries.
A 15-year-old boy, reportedly from Brisbane State High School, suffered severe cuts to both sides of his head and a possible neck injury, the Department of Community Safety told AAP.
He and another boy ended up in the water after the crash about 5.30am (AEST) on Tuesday, near the Davies Park rowing complex at West End.
Rowing Queensland officials said the boys had lights on the front and back of their skull.
Commercial Rowing Club coach Robin Bakker, and the father of the uninjured boy, told the ABC he was on the water following another rowing crew when he realised something was wrong.
He told the ABC it was essentially a head-on crash, with the ferry going straight over the top of the rowing skull.
“I looked up and I saw the CityCat just sitting there,” he said.
“As we got closer and closer the CityCat moved away and then I saw another tinnie towing the boat back. I went over to it and it was the boat my boys were rowing in.”
The injured boy has been taken to the Mater Children’s Hospital in a stable condition.
The captain of the ferry is talking to authorities.
It’s not the first time a CityCat ferry has hit rowers on the Brisbane River.
In August 2005, nine girls from St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School were rowing near Newstead Park when a CityCat sliced their boat in half. Two girls suffered only minor injuries.
In June 2008, a ferry hit a school rowing crew near the Orleigh Park ferry terminal pontoon. No one was injured in that incident.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said there would be a full investigation into the incident.
“There are specific lane corridors in the river where CityCats have to be and where rowers have to be,” Mr Quirk told the ABC.
“But there are points of conflict.”
Rowing Queensland chief executive Ross Symonds, who has gone to the scene, said a safety review would be undertaken.
“I have been told the boat did have lights on the front and back while it was out rowing this morning,” he told the ABC.
Mr Symonds said he believed it was safe for rowers to be out on the river when it was dark and CityCats were operating.
“Safety on the Brisbane River has improved significantly over the last five years or so,” he said.
He said Tuesday’s incident was a rare event.
“But we’ll be looking at all the procedures and policies … in conjunction with the appropriate authorities.”
Mr Bakker later said his son and the injured boy had gone between the twin hulls of the catamaran.
His son had told him he was rowing and looked up to see the ferry about 20 metres away.
“He yelled out stop … then bang,” he said.
Mr Bakker said he’d been coaching two crews on the water, and was with the other crew, about 500 metres behind his son’s boat, when the accident happened.
“I just saw the CityCat sitting up there, which I thought was a bit strange. I said to the other crew ‘I reckon that CityCat just cleaned somebody up’.”
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