On July 30th, 2011 at approximately 6:00PM, operator was operating his motorboat between 10 and 20 miles per hour near Mehaffey boat ramp when his boat struck a wave. When the boat struck the wave, a passenger on the boat was bumped from her seated position at the back of the boat, onto the floor of the boat. When she landed on the floor she felt pain in her back. victim was transported to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics where she underwent xrays and an MRI. No broken bones were detected. Later, after returning home, she continued to have pain and went to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids where they ran more tests and discovered two fractured vertebrae.
North Liberty                 