On 5/26/2013 at approximately 1630 hours, a vessel was traveling southwest bound through Grouper Creek in Key Largo FL.  As the vessel was underway other vessels approached and passed by vessel causing wakes.  The vessel hit a wake and the owner/occupant of the vessel who was sitting on a seat at the bow of the vessel, was thrown upward and came down hard on the seat causing severe back pain.  According to the attending physician at Mariners Hospital, Tavernier FL, the subject sustained small breaks in vertebrae T8 & L1.  The physician did not believe surgery would be required.
KEY LARGO