According to the operator he and his family and some friends were water skiing about 3oo yards below the hudson chapel road bridge on lake norman.  They were skiing 2 at a time and were attempting to have another girl switch to the skiing position behind the boat.  The operator said he had just shifted the vessel into neutral and subject attempted to climb onto the back of the vessel.  Her leg was swung into the propeller which was still spinning.  She was air lifted to charlotte to the carolina medical center where she was given medical treatment for her wounds to her left leg.  From my observations and investigation, there were no charges involved and it appears to have been an accident.
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