ON 6/25/09 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:10 HOURS, I WAS FLAGGED DOWN ON U.S. HWY 64 IN THE OCOEE RIVER GORGE AT DIXIE DRIVE AND ADVISED OF A RIVER ACCIDENT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE TO MY LOCATION. OPERATOR 1 WAS KAYAKING WITH ACE OCOEE FUNYAKS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OCOEE RIVER. OPERATOR 1 CAPSIZED HIS KAYAK IN TABLE SAW RAPID AND STRUCK A ROCK SWIMMING THROUGH THE RAPID. OPERATOR 1 WAS HELPED BACK INTO HIS BOAT AND EDDIED OUT BELOW TABLE SAW RAPID. OPERATOR 1'S RIGHT FOOT/ANKLE WAS DISPALCED AND WAS SPLINTED BY GUIDE 1 (TRIP LEADER) PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. AMBULANCE ARRIVED ON SCENE WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF MY CALL. PATIENT WAS PLACED IN A STOKES BASKET AND CARRIED UP AN EMBANKMENT TO THE WAITING AMBULANCE. OPERATOR 1 WAS TRANSPORTED BY MEDTRANS AMBULANCE SERVICE OF POLK COUNTY TO SKY RIDGE MEDICAL CENTER IN CLEVELAND, TN.

OPERATOR 1 DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT FOOT AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT FIBIA WHICH REQUIRED 7 SCREWS AND A TITANIUM PLATE.
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