ON JULY 1, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS, I, SCDNR officer, RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SCDNR RADIO ROOM IN REFERENCE TO A BOATING ACCIDENT ON THE SAVANNAH RIVER. I WAS TOLD THREE JET SKI WERE INVOLVED AND ONE PERSON SUSTAINED INJURIES, APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE NORTH OF NORTH AUGUSTA BOAT LANDING. NORTH AUGUSTA PUBLIC SAFETY WAS IN ROUTE TO CHECK ON THE INJURED PERSON. I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS, WITH THE THREE JET SKI INVOLVED TIED UP ON THE FLOATING DOCK. STATEMENTS AND PHOTO DOCUMENTATION WERE TAKEN. 

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operator WAS TRANSPORTED TO TRINITY HOSPITAL IN AUGUSTA WITH BACK AND SIDE PAIN. UNIT 2 AND 3 SUSTAINED NO INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THEIR VESSEL.