On 06/20/13, Thursday mourning at roughly 0830 hours, Operator, owner of a 1993 Crownline open motorboat, along with his wife, Wife and his father-in-law entered their motorboat moored at their rental summer home and dock near the Muddy Creek area of Douglas Lake. Wife entered the water, wearing a lifejacket to start skiing. Operator was the operator of the motorboat and started towing Wife on 1 ski, away from the dock, out of the cove into the  Muddy Creek area of Douglas Lake. Father in law acted as an observer and the motorboat was also equipped with a rear view mirror. Operator continued to operate the motorboat as they travelled through the Muddy Creek area of Douglas Lake until entering  Dickey Cove, Douglas Lake. As Wife continued to ski at about half way through Dickey Cove, she skied to the left rear side of the motorboat, hitting the motorboat''s wake, causing her to fall and rolled over several times in the water. Operator turned the motorboat around and drove over to pick up, Wife, at which time she complained of neck and upper back pain. At this point Operator entered the water and stayed with Wife as father in law drove the motorboat to the nearest dock and had the owners call 911. Jefferson County Rescue Squad arrived about 30-45 minutes later, Wife was given medical attention and transported by Operator in their motorboat to the Dickey Cove private boat launch. Wife was flown University of Tennessee Medical Helicopter to the UT Trauma Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Wife was treated and released from UT Trauma Center later that same day with a neck strain.
DANDRIDGE