On june 9th at approximately 5:30pm, officer was contacted by phone by the cherokee county dispatch.  Officer was informed that a young girl was being sent to the murphy medical center because of a jet ski accident.  When officer got to the emergency room, he spoke with the operator of the jet ski and the injured girl's father.  the jet ski owner and operator, said that he was pulling 15 year old victim on a kneeboard.  Just after coming out of the "no wake zone" and coming up on plane, victim hit a wave that knocked her off the board.  Operator said she entered the water head first and must have hit her head on the board.  Operator also stated that when victim went to get on the jet ski, she said that she felt dizzy and her head hurt.  So they decided to have it checked out just to be sure it wasn't something more serious.  After being examined by a doctor in the emergency room, victim was released to her father with a bump on her head.
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