OPERATOR WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND IN THE RIVER CHANNEL AFTER PASSING UNDER MANSFORD BRIDGE NEAR LEATHERWOOD AND HEATHERWOOD SUBDIVISIONS. THERE WAS ANOTHER BASS BOAT TRAVELLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO THE RIGHT OF V1. A SKI BOAT WAS PULLING A SKIER NORTHBOUND IN THE CHANNEL AND LOST THEIR SKIER. THE SKI BOAT TURNED AROUND TO PICK UP THER SKIER. THE OEPRATOR OF V1 TURNED AROUND TO PICK UP THE SKIER. THE OPERATOR OF V1 TURNED LEFT TO GO AROUND THE SKI BOAT. WHEN V1 CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE WAKE FROM THE SKI BOAT IT WAS GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND TURNING. THE IMPACT ROCKED THE VESSEL AND THREW THE OPERATOR FROM V1. AS THE OPERATOR WAS BEING EJECTED HE STRUCK THE SIDE OF HIS VESSEL AND THE STEERING CONSOLE WHICH APPARENTLY CAUSED HIS INJURIES TO HIS LEFT SIDE AND RIGHT LEG AND HIP.
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