The operator stated that he was traveling approximately 40 mph down river towards Lake Pepin at mile marker 786 when the boat went over a wake from other boaters. The passenger was sitting in the bow and was ejected off the seat from the impact of the wake and injured his back. The operator of the boat reported the accident to Goodhue County Dispatch by cell phone and said that he would meet the ambulance at Bill's Bay Marina.
The operator of the boat had been drinking (Passed field sobriety testing).
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