On July 30,2013 at approximately 1609 hours, I received a call from Wildlife Officer(WO) stating that Hardin County Central Dispatch had contacted him stating that a 13 year old female operating a pwc had suffered an injury to her face after colliding with an over hanging tree branch. WO stated the victim was at Hardin Medical Center. I arrived at Hardin Medical Center at approximately 1625 hours and found that the victim had left the hospital and was en route by private vehicle to Germantown Methodist Hospital in Shelby county.  I spoke to the owner of the pwc that victim was operating at the time of the incident. He states that victim has a laceration to her chin caused by colliding with a limb on the lake bank. He states that the laceration will require stitches. During a later interview, subject states he was on the rear of his vessel "Moon Pie" and said he saw victim as she turned approximately 50 yards away from the Moon Pie and then she ran directly into the bank and an over hanging branch had struck her in the face. victim states that she didn''t turn quick enough and was looking to press a "stop" button when she hit the limb
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