"On noted day and time, Sgt. received information that the Camden County EMS was in route assist a person who had been injured while skiing in the Crooked River.  Sgt. arrived at the scene around 1649 hours.  Upon arrival, Sgt. observed a white male being loaded into the back of a Camden County EMS ambulance.  Sgt. then began to speak with the step-father of the victim.  As Sgt. was speaking with step-father, the victim's mother, approached as well.  Both parents told Sgt. that Operator was towing the victim, on Crooked River on a wake board when Victim fell.  After the fall, Victim was complaining of severe pain in his leg.  Mother advised that she immediately called 911 for assistance and Operator then brought the boat back to their dock.  Sgt. then got into the ambulance and briefly spoke with Victim who advised Sgt. that he remembered when he fell and he felt his leg break when he hit the water.  Victim advised that he was wearing his PFD when the incident occurred.  Sgt. then went down to the dock and documented the needed information from the boat.  In the boat, Sgt. located the wake board lying in the floor on the port side of the boat.  The PFD was also lying on the floor forward of the wake board on the port side.  Sgt. also noted that the tow rope was coiled and lying in the floor near the stern of the boat.  Sgt. then traveled to the Camden Medical Center to meet with the parents of the victim to confirm injuries.  Upon arrival, Sgt. was advised by the parents that Victim's right femur was broken and that he would be transported by ambulance to Shand's Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, for surgery to repair the break in his leg later in the evening. Report and Investigation complete.


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