ON 08-10-2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:15PM A BOATING ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE NORMAN NEAR VINNIE'S RESTAURANT ON WILLIAMSON ROAD IN MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.  THE VESSEL WAS AN 18 FOOT BAYLINER (NC-7785-DM) AND HAD 4 INDIVIDUALS ONBOARD WHILE PULLING A FIFTH SUBJECT ON A WAKEBOARD.  THE VICTIM IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE WAKE BOARDER.  OPERATOR STATED HE WAS OPERATING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHILE PULLING VICTIM ON THE WAKEBOARD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT.  THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELLING EAST IN THE COVE WHEN VICTIM WAS HIT BY A LARGE WAKE.  THIS WAKE CAUSED HIM TO FALL FORWARD INTO THE WATER.  AS THE FRONT OF THE WAKEBOARD SUBMERGED UNDER THE SURFACE, IT CAUSED THE BACK OF THE BOARD TO COME UP AND STRIKE VICTIM IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.  THIS IMPACT RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF THE VICTIMS HEAD REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY EMS TO LAKE NORMAN HOSPITAL IN MOORESVILLE.  VICTIM RECEIVED 11 STAPLES TO CLOSE THE WOUND AND WAS RELEASED WITHIN A FEW HOURS.  OPERATOR STATED THAT VICTIM REMAINED CONCIOUS THE ENTIRE TIME.  HE WAS WEARING A TYPE III PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE WHEN THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
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