ON 6/12/09 AT APPROX. 1600HRS operator WAS OPERATING HIS SKI BOAT IN THE COVE NEAR MORMON FLAT DAM. OPERATOR WAS TOWING AN INFLATABLE SKI TUBE BEHIND HIS VESSEL. THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE ON THE TUBE. OPERATOR WAS CONDUCTING A COMMON MANUEVAR BY BOAT OPERATORS CALLED A WHIP. THIS IS WHEN THE BOAT IS TURNED IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN CAUSING THE TUBE TO INCREASE SPEED AND TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE BOATS WAKEUSUSALLY CAUSING TH ETUBE TO CATCH THE EDGE OF A WAVE ABD CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER. OPERATOR MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TUBE AND THE FLOATING SET OF BARRIERS NEAR THE DAM. THE TUBE STRUCK THE ORANGE COLORED HARD PLASTIC BARRIERS AT APPROX. 25MPH CAUSING VICTIM TO BE THROWN INTO IT. THE TUBE DID NOT FLIP OVER AND THE OTHER 2 OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO STAY ON. WHEN OPERATOR WENT BACK TO PICK UP VICTIM FROM THE WATER SHE IMMEDIATLY MADE IT KNOWN WHE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND THAT HER LEG WAS BROKEN. victim IS AN EMT AND COULD TELL BE THE AMOUNT OF PAIN THAT HER LEG WAS BROKEN. VICTIM WAS CAREFULLY PLACED ON THE STERN OF THE BOAT AND SLOWLY TRANSPORTED TO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AID STATION FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. VICTIMS RIGHT LEG APPEARED TO MAKE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE BARRIER CAUSING A TIBULA AND FIBULA FRACTURE. SHE WAS ALSO COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAIN JUST BELOW HER LEFT BREAST. SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE ARRIVED ON SCENE THEN AIREVAC 4. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SCOTTSDALE OSBORN HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. NOTHING FURTHER.
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