On September 3, 2011 at approximately 17:05 hrs, myself and Wildlife Officer received a call regarding a boating accident on Old Hickory Lake.  Based on witness statements and physical evidence the following is a synopsis of the accident.  Operator1 was operating personal watercraft (V1) and Operator2 a personal watercraft (V2) with a passenger.  Operator1 owns both PWC's.  Upon investigation, I observed that the registration numbers on the vessels were afixed to the wrong vessels.  Operator1 was operating the Sea Doo, with TN 6785 CD afixed to the vessel.  That certificate of registration number was assigned to the Bombadier Operator2 was operating.  The certification of registration number that was afixed to the Bombadier (TN 3896 CE), should have been diplayed on the Sea Doo Operator1 was oprating.  Operator1, Operator2 arrived on Old Hickory Lake at approximately 15:30 hrs.  While riding the PWCs they stopped downstream of Johnny Cash''s old home site and began to swim.  At approximtely 16:45, a cabin cruiser traveling upstream passed them while they were swimming.  The crusier was producing large wakes.  They decided to jump the boat wakes.  V1 was traveling ahead of V2.  V1 jumped a wake and V2 lost sight of V1.  V1 turned around and began traveling downstream towards V2.  The vessels were not visible to one another.  V2 jumped a wake and landed on top of the front of V1.  All persons were ejected from both vessels.  Operator1 was unconscious for approximately five minutes.  A nearby boat removed Operator1 from the water and transported her to the Saundersville Access in Sumner County.  Operator1 had a head injury and injuries to her left hand.  Neither Operator2 or occupant of V2 were injured.  Operator2 tied V1 to his PWC and he and occupant from V2 followed Boating Officer to the Access area.  Operator1 could not remember the accident.  She kept asking the same questions repeatedly, as if she had not asked them before.  Operator1 was transported by ambulance to Vanderbilt Hospital.  She received injuries to her left ear and left hand.
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