ON JUNE 14, 2009, MYSELF AND SGT. RESPONDED TO A BOAT ACCIDENT WITH INJURY ON TUCKERTOWN LAKE.  I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE BOAT.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING HIS WIFe ON A TUBE BEHIND HIS BOAT WHEN SHE MOTIONED FOR HIM TO STOP AND PICK HER UP.  OPERATOR TURNED THE BOAT IN HER DIRECTION.  WHEN OPERATOR WAS NEAR HIS WIFE, HE BeGAN REVERSING THE BOAT TO GET CLOSER.  WHEN HE REALIZED HOW CLOSE SHE WAS TO THE BOAT, HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE THROTTLE FORWARD BUT IT STUCK IN REVERSE.  THE PROP OF THE BOAT THEN STRUCK wife IN THE LEG.  OPERATOR CUT THE POWER TO THE ENGINE AND PULLED wife ONBOARD.  STANLEY COUNTY EMS WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND TRANSPORTED victim TO CONCORD.  THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.
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