AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00PM ON JULY 3, 2011, Operator WAS TOWING 3 INDIVIDUALS ON A TUBE AT LAKE ROYALE NEAR THE PAVILLION HEADING SOUTH TOWARD THE SPILLWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 20MPH. THE WATER WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF BOATS OUT FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.  Operator MADE A SHARP TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.  AT THIS TIME, THE TUBE IN TOW BEHIND HIS SEADOO HIT A SERIES OF 3 CONSECUTIVE CLOSELY SPACED WAVES.  EACH WAVE BOUNCED THE TUBE AND THE 3 INDIVIDUALS ON THE TUBE PROGRESSIVELY HIGHER.  THE 3RD WAVE EJECTED 11 YEAR OLD FROM THE TUBE INTO LAKE ROYALE APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OFF THE PAVILLION BEACH.  victim HIT THE WATER AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHICH CAUSED THE BREATH TO BE KNOCKED OUT OF HIM.  victim WAS WEARING A USCG APPROVED TYPE III PFD.  HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS SIDE/RIBS.  AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, operator HAD HIS SON TRANSPORTED VIA EMS TO THE WAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM.  victim WAS LATER RELEASED WITH NO APPARENT INJURIES.  ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR.
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