Operator WAS COMPETING IN THE 2011 GREEN RIVER KAYAK RACE AND OVERTURNED IN CLASS "V" RAPIDS AND COLLIDED WITH THE RIVER LEFT WALLFACE BEFORE HE COULD EJECT FROM HIS BOAT, AND HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THE WATER BY OTHER KAYAKERS.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PARDEC HOSPITAL IN HENDERSONVILLE, NC.  HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A COLLAPSED LUNG.  HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL TWO DAYS LATER, BUT HAD TO BE RE-ADMITTED AND WAS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

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PLEASE NOTE:  THERE IS NO CAUSE MENTIONED ABOUT WHAT CAUSED HIS VESSEL TO OVERTURN; THERE IS ALSO NO MENTION OF WHAT CAUSED VICTIM TO HAVE A COLLAPSED LUNG.
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