ON JULY 8, 2011, operator AND TWO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE INVOLVED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT NEAR OCEAN ISLE BEACH.  Operator WAS OPERATING A PWC WEST IN THE ICW WHEN HE STRUCK THE WAKE OF A PASSING VESSEL THROWING subject FROM THE SEAT AND LANDING ON THE GUNNEL OF THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT INJURING HIS SIDE.  Operator AND ALL PASSENGERS WERE WEARING PFDS.  Victim WAS TAKEN TO BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.  THE WAKE FROM THE PASSING VESSEL IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
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