The victim was knee boarding behind the vessel.  The vessel was turning back and forth.  Operator made a turn and Kneeboarder fell off of the knee board.  The knee board struck Kneeboarder in the head.  At the time of the incident, Kneeboarder had a bump on his head and a swollen lip.  The next day, june 25, 2012, his back and head was still hurting so he went to the emergency room at vidant chowan hospital.  Kneeboarder has a history of back problems so he wanted to be sure he hadn not re-injured himself.  He was prescribed pain medication and released the same day.
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