On 3/24/2012 at approximately 1834 hrs., I received a call from Greene County dispatch in reference to a boating incident. Greene County dispatched advised that a seventeen year old female had fallen from a tube and had hurt her neck and back. While responding, dispatch advised due to the her injuries, she was being transported to the Greene County Airport in order to be airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital. While at the airport, I spoke to operator who advised he was the owner/operator of vessel one (and a friend of the victim) and was pulling a tube behind his ski boat that was occupied by the victim and one other person. Operator stated as he was pulling the tube back and forth when Victim fell off the tube and came up with a complaint to her neck and back. While talking with Operator, I never suspected Operator to be under the influence. To confirm this, Operator agreed to blow into my portable alco-sensor and tested negative for the presence of alcohol at 1910 hrs.. At 1932 hrs., victim was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital. On 03/25/2012 at approximately 1000 hrs., I spoke to the Georgia Department Of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Section, and he advised Victim was released from Grady at 0040 hrs. on 3/25/2012. Cpl. advised the head nurse informed him that Victim had nothing acute/nothing broken and was steady on her feet. On 3/25/2012 at approximately 1630 hrs., I spoke to Victim by phone and she informed me that as she was being pulled by Operator when his vessel turned and the tube proceeded outside the wake causing her to flip backwards off the tube hitting the back of her head on the water. Victim admitted she was not holding on well. The tube Victim was riding measured 70" wide and 78" long. Vessel number one, the tube, and the rope all appeared to be in good working condition. Upon my investigation, vessel number one was being operated overloaded and with an expired registration. Photos were taken of the vessel and of the tube. Operator was warned for the above infractions. 
GREENSBORO                    