VESSEL #1 OPERATED BY 25YO, WAS TOWING A SKIER, 25 ON A WAKE BOARD ON THE BLIND RIVER TRAVELING DOWN STREAM AT APPROXIMATELY 17-20 MPH. WHILE operator HEADED TOWARDS LAKE MAUREPAS, skier CROSSED THE WAKE BEHIND THE BOAT FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND FELL FORWARD AS HE IMPACTED THE WATER CAUSING THE WAKE BOARD TO STRIKE HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE RESULT OF THE STRIKE TO THE HEAD CAUSED A SUBSTANTIAL LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 13 STAPLES TO CLOSE. skier WAS WEARING A PFD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ALCOHOL IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT. NO CITABLE VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND.
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