SUBJECTS WERE WATER SKING IN THE AREA OF GOOSE FLATS ON ROOSEVELT LAKE. OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE BOAT GOING 50MPH. ONE PERSON WAS THE OBSERVER AND FLAG PERSON. SKIER WAS THE OWNER OF THE BOAT. OWNER IS AN EXPERIENCED SKIER WHO WAS SKIING ON AN AIR CHAIR. HE ATTEMPTED AND COMPLETED A 360 BACK FLIP. UPON LANDING THE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE AND THE TIP OF THE AIR CHAIR BOARD STRUCK AND RAKED UP SKIER'S BACK. SKIER WAS HELPED OUT OF THE WATER BY OPERATOR THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE BERMUDA FLAT PARKING LOT. ATTEMPTING TO MOVE OPERATOR FROM HIS BOAT TO A VEHICLE HE PASSED OUT TWICE, MEDICS WERE CALLED AND OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO PAYSON MEDICAL CENTER BY TONTO BASIN FIRE AMBULANCE.
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