ON 8/09/09 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30PM, OPERATOR (NC 2380 WV) WAS TRAVELING NORTHEAST FROM MIDWAY MARINA TOWARD THE HWY 150 BRIDGE ON LAKE NORMAN.  OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED WHEN THE PROP OF HIS VESSEL WAS ENTANGLED BY A ROPE.  THE ROPE CAUSED THE MOTOR TO STOP AND THE VESSEL CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP.  A PASSENGER IN THE BOAT WAS THROWN FORWARD INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT CAUSING A KNEE INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  OPERATOR CUT THE ROPE FROM THE PROP AND STATED THE PROP HAD A BAD VIBRATION IN IT WHEN HE STARTED TO DRIVE OFF.  OPERATOR REPORTED THE ACCIDENT APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  NO PFD'S WERE USED.  UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT DUE TO ELAPSED TIME.
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