According to witness and participant statements received to date:

On Saturday, July 2, 2011, at approximately 16:00 hrs, operator2 was operating a Mastercraft X-15 (Vessel 2) in a cove just south of Holston River Mile 69.  The owner of the boat was wake surfing behind Vessel 2.  Vessel 1, a Bombardier Personal Watercraft (PWC), approached from astern of Vessel 2.  Wake surfer fell from the surfboard, and Vessel 2 turned to recover him.  Vessel1 passed Wake surfer to port at a distance he estimated to be between 100 and 200 feet, with Operator1 yelling something at Wake surfer.  Operator1 did not see a large "roller", part of the wake which was, according to Wake surfer, most likely created by Vessel2.  Vessel 1 struck the roller and was launched into the air, with Operator1 striking her face on the front compartment lid and her torso on the handlebars of the PWC.  This rendered Operator1 unconscious, and she was ejected from the PWC.

Wake surfer, seeing the accident and that Operator1 was floating face-down, instructed Operator2 to aid Operator1.  A passenger on another PWC, and Operator2 were able to get Operator1 loaded onto the back of Vessel 1.  Operator1 was taken to shore, where she was treated by the Hamblen County EMS and flown by Lifestar Medical Helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
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