On 07/07/2012 at about 21:05 Operator was operating his vessel in Boiling Fork Creek on Tim''s Ford Lake.  Victim was in the front seat opposite Operator with two people on the rear seat.  Operator was heading towards the Winchester Bass Club.  It was dark and He advised that he was heading towards the lights of the Bass Club and trying to stay near the north bank near Lakeview Way.  The vessel hit a gravel bar created by low water off of a small point and came to a stop completely out of the water on the point.  Operator said that he did not realize that the point was between the vessel and the Bass Club.  Operator was not using a spotlight to see where he was going.  When the vessel struck the bank Victim hit his head on the edge of the windshield and cut a gash on his left eyebrow.  Victim was taken to Southern Middle Tennessee Medical Center in an ambulance. The ER doctor advised that there were no other injuries other than the laceration.  Victim received seven stitches and was released from SMTMC.  The only visible damage was some scrapes along the bottom of the hull and some small nicks to the prop and lower unit.
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