ON AUGUST 15, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30PM, operator WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1, NC 9364 DD, ON HYCO LAKE NEAR THE DAM.  THERE WERE THREE OTHER PASSENGERS ON BOARD INCLUDING VICTIM, WHO WAS STANDING UP ON THE BOW OF THE BOAT.  THEY WERE HEADED NORTH, COMING OUT OF A NO WAKE ZONE.  WHEN operator CLEARED THE NO WAKE BOUY, SHE ACCELERATED VESSEL 1.  IT WAS AT THIS POINT VICTIM WHO WAS STANDING ON THE BOW, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE FRONT OF THE BOAT.  VESSEL 1 THEN RAN OVER VICTIM WHO MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER.  HE RECEIVED LACERATIONS ON HIS LEFT FOREARM AND LEFT KNEE.  OPERATOR TURNED THE BOAT AROUND AND THE PASSENGERS HELPED VICTIM GET BACK IN THE BOAT.  VICTIM THEN SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND DROVE VESSEL 1 BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP.  FROM THERE, OFFICER OF THE HYCO LAKE AUTHORITY DROVE VICTIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE I SPOKE WITH VICTIM AND THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

VESSEL 1 HAD AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND VICTIM WAS MAILED A CITATION ON 09/29/09 TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.  EVEN THOUGH THE VESSEL WAS NOT REGISTERED IN HIS NAME, VICTIM REPORTED HE DID OWN THE BOAT.
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