BOAT#1 TOWING TWO YOUNG GIRLS ON A TUBE WHEN IT CAME UPON A BOAT DRIFTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE. BOAT#1 OPERATOR SWERVED TO AVOID STRIKING THE DRIFTING BOAT. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE TUBE TO SWING WIDE GOING DIRECTLY AT THE OTHER BOAT. ONE RIDER SLID OFF THE TUBE TO AVOID STRIKING THE BOAT BUT SHE HYDROPLANED INTO THE DRIFTING BOAT SUFFERING INTERNAL INJURIES. THE OTHER RIDER STAYED ABOARD THE TUBE & RECEIVED  MINOR INJURY WHEN THE TUBE STRUCK THE DRIFTING BOAT#2.  BOAT#1 OPERATOR--FATHER TOOK HIS INJURED DAUGHTER-TUBE RIDER TO THE  MONROE HOSPITAL-- GREEN COUNTY FOR TREATMENT. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS BECAME AWARE OF THE INCIDENT FROM THE ATTENDING NURSES AT THE MONROE HOSPITAL. BOAT#1 OPERATOR WAS CITED FOR LEAVING A BOATING INCIDENT SCENE & FAILING TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WERE INITIALLY UNABLE TO IDENTIFY OR LOCATE THE DRIFTING  BOAT#2 WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE.
LATER PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS REACHED THE BOAT#2 OPERATOR-OWNER WHO CONTACTED COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.
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