"Narrative based on information provided from the operator of Vessel 1 and his juvenile children were boating on Lake Blue Ridge.  Operator was the operator of the vessel, herein referred to as Vessel 1.  He was pulling his children on an inner tube behind Vessel 1, one at a time.  When he stopped to switch tubers, his son, herein referred to as Victim 1, entered the water on the starboard side of the vessel and began swimming back to the inner tube;
As Victim 1 was swimming towards the inner tube, a passing vessels wake pushed Vessel 1 toward the rocky shoreline.  Operator looked back and observed Victim 1 swimming towards the inner tube and away from Vessel 1, so he put Vessel 1 in reverse and backed up slightly to avoid striking the rocks.  He did this a second time to move further away from the rocks and did not notice that Victim 1 had swam back toward the boat.  The propeller of Vessel 1 struck Victim 1 in the foot causing a severe laceration;
Victim 1 was taken to Fannin County Regional hospital where he was treated for the laceration to his foot and released."

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