VESSEL 1 OWNED AND OPERATED WAS HEADED NORTH ON THE ICW IN BETWEEN TRAILS END MARINA AND MASONBORO HARBOR.  subject WAS A PASSENGER ON VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1 WAS PULLING victim ON A SINGLE WATER SKI.  VESSEL 2 OWNED AND OPERATED was DRIFTING IN THE ICW WATCHING victim BEING PULLED ON THE WATER SKI.  VESSEL 1 PASSED VESSEL 2.  AT THIS TIME, victim SWUNG OUT TO THE RIGHT AND WAS GOING TO SPRAY operator2.  victim LOST CONTROL AND LET GO OF THE ROPE.  victim HIT VESSEL 2 FIRST, BREAKING THE SIDE MORROR AND CRACKING THE FIBERGLASS ON THE SIDE RAIL.  victim WAS TRANSPORTED TO NEW HANOVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING BACK PAIN.  victim RUPTURED A DISK IN HIS BACK.  victim WAS CHARGED WITH MANIPULATE WATER SKIIS ON THE WATERS OF THE STATE IN A RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT MANNER SO AS TO ENDANGER THE LIFE, LIMB OR PROPERTY OF ANOTHER PERSON.
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