ON SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH, operator WAS VITING KERR LAKE AT HIBERNIA WITH HIS FAMILY.  OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A 1994 YAMAHA WAVE RUNNER OwNED BY HIS BOSS.  OPERATOR WAS ONBOARD THE PWC BY HIMSELF, WEARING A TYPE III PFD AND THE LANYARD WAS ATTACHED TO HIS WRIST.  AT APPROX. 5:30PM, OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING IN A SOUTH EAST DIRECTION ON THE PWC.  OPERATOR TOOK A SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT TO SPIN THE JET SKI AROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIT A WAKE.  THE PWC WAS ROLLED BOTTOM UP AND OPERATOR THROWN OVERBOARD.  WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE PWC BACK OVER, OPERATOR LOSS HIS BREATH.  HIS WIFE, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE SHORE, NOTICED HIS DIFFICULTY AND SWAM OUT TO HELP.  ANOTHER BOAT STOPPED AND HELPED OPERATOR BACK TO THE SHORE.  OPERATOR REGAINED NORMAL BREATHING AS THE TOWNSVILLE FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED ON SCENE.

OPERATOR IS A CANCER SURVIVOR AND IN THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS TAKEN CHEMOTHERAPY FOR A TUMOR AROUND HIS LUNG.  OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO MARIAH PARHAM HOSPITAL IN HENDERSON AND SOON RELEASED AFTER EVALUATION.  NO ALCOHOL WAS CONSUMED AND IT IS PRESUMED THAT OPERATOR'S MEDICAL HISTORY CONTRIBUTED TO HIS COMPLICATIONS AFTER THE INCIDENT.

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