ON 06-12-2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:40PM, VESSEL #1 (NC 5610 WT) WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE MAIN CHANNEL OF LAKE NORMAN NEAR MARKER 13.  VESSEL #1 HAD THREE PASSENGERS IN THE BOW SEAT WHEN A LARGE VESSEL PASSED IN FRONT OF THE 20 FT. SKI BOAT CAUSING A 3 OR 4 FT WAKE.  WHEN VESSEL #1 CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE WAKE, THE UPWARD FORCE CAUSED THE FRONT PASSENGER, WHO WAS SITTING WITH HER BACK TO THE BOW, TO RAISE FROM THE SEAT AND COME BACK DOWN ON THE GUNWALE OF THE BOAT.  THE IMPACT CAUSED THE PASSENGER TO BREAK A VERTEBRA IN THE MIDDLE OF HER BACK.  THE FEMALE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO LAKE NORMAN HOSPITAL.  NO ONE WAS WEARING PFD'S AND NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.  NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
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