Operator WAS OPERATING HIS BOAT IN THE COVE ON FALLS LAKE WHERE THE PURNELL RD BRIDGE CROSSES.  HE WAS TOWING victim ON A WAKEBOARD. victim IS A VERY EXPERIENCED WAKEBOARDER AND THE TWO MEN FREQUENTLY USE THIS AREA OF THE LAKE FOR WAKEBOARDING.  operator WAS HEADING NORTH INTO THE COVE.  AS HE APPROACHED THE END OF THE COVE, HE BEGAN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO HEAD BACK OUT OF THE COVE.  DURING THE TURN, victim SWUNG OUT WIDE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOAT INSTEAD OF STAYING BEHIND THE BOAT LIKE HE STATED HE NORMALLY DOES.  HE SAID HE SAW HE WAS GETTING CLOSE TO SHORE BUT DIDN'T TAHINK HE WOULD HIT IT AND COULD TURN AWAY.  HE COULD NOT TURN IN TIME AND HIT A STUMP, THEN A TREE, BREAKING HIS LEG.  victim WAS TAKEN TO UPPER BARTON CREEK ACCESS WHERE AN AMBULANCE PICKED HIM UP AND TOOK HIM TO WAKE MED.  THIS ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF AN ERROR IN JUDGEMENT BY THE PERSON WAKEBOARDING.  victim ADMITTED THAT IT WAS HIS MISTAKE AND THE OPERATOR OF THE BOAT WAS DOING A NORMAL MANEUVER AND WAS NOT AT FAULT.
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