OPERATOR WITH SIX ABOARD BOAT WAS TOWING TWO YOUNGSTERS ON TUBE AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THE BOAT OPERATOR MADE A SLOW TURN AROUND. WHEN THE TUBE ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER BOAT'S WAKE, THE FRONT OF TUBE WAS SUBMERGED BY THE WAKE AND THE TOW ROPE BROKE AND SNAPPED BACK TOWARD THE BOAT. A FOUR YEAR GIRL SITTING BENEATH WHERE THE TOW ROPE WAS TIED TO THE BOAT, WAS STRUCK BY THE BROKEN TOW ROPE IN THE FACE & HEAD. BOAT OPERATOR CALLED 911 AND DROVE BOAT WITH INJURED GIRL TO THE BOAT OWNER'S LAKE CABIN & DOCK. EMERGENCY MEDICAL STAFF MET THEM THERE AND TRANSPORTED THE INJURED GIRL TO RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED FOR TREATMENT FOR FACE LACERATIONS AND AN EYE INJURY.
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