On september 4, 2010 at approximately 19:00 hrs, vessel 1 was on lake wylie with 7 passengers.  Vessel 1 is registered to father.  Vessel 1 was towing a wakeboarder in the south fork river.  Wakeboarder was wearing a type iii pfd at the time of the accident.  According to eyewitnesses, Wakeboarder tried to jump the boat's wake and took a very hard fall face first.  When vessel 1 returned to pick up the fallen Wakeboarder, the operator and passengers noticed that Wakeboarder was dazed and acting abnormal from the fall.  According to eyewitnesses, the victim was unable to raise his head out of the water.  Wakeboarder's brother and operator jumped into the water to assist the victim back to the boat.  Brother of Wakeboarder called his parents who called 911.  Vessel 1 met paramedics at southpoint boat access where victim was transported to charlotte medical center.  The victim was examined and then released.  There appeared to be no involvement of alcohol or drugs in the accident.  According to the victim's father via telephone interview, Wakeboarder had a history of neurological disorders and received brain surgery approximately 5 years ago.  Father stated he should not have been water skiing and Wakeboarder knew that he was not supposed to water ski.
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