THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AND INVESTIGATION INITIATED ON 4/20/09.  operator STATED HE WAS OPERATING A MOTORBOAT IN THE BUFFALO CREEK SECTION OF MOSS LAKE THE AFTERNOON OF 4/11/09.  HE AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO FISH BACK IN THE CREEK.  THE VESSEL HAD LEFT A DEEPER SECTION OF THE CREEK AND WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN THE SHALLOWER CREEK, MAYBE 30 FT WIDE.  operator SAID HE FELT THE BOAT STRIKE SOMETHING SENDINg IT VEERING LEFT ONTO A SAND BANK AND THROUGH A PATCH OF TREES.  THE ACCIDENT PITCHED ALL THREE PERSONS FORWARD CAUSING A LACERATION TO operator ‘sFOREHEAD REQUIRING 11 STITCHES.  HE ALSO SUFFERED A BLACK EYE AND A BRUISED KIDNEY AND WAS TREATED LATER THAT EVERNING AT CLEVELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE ABOVE INJURIES.  DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL WAS EXTENSIVE.  ALL PERSONS ABOARD WERE WEARING INFLATABLE PFDS AND NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.  UPON COMPLETION OF THIS ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, operator WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A MOTORBOAT.
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