ON 7/28/09 AT ABOUT 3:00PM VESSEL #1 OPERATOR AND VESSEL #2 OPERATOR WERE INVOlVED IN A BOAT ACCIDENT NEAR THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE ON LAKE GASTON LOCATED IN PEA HILL CREEK.  OPERATOR1 WAS TOWING TWO TUBES (BLUE/STARBOARD-YELLOW/PORT) WITH APPROXIMATELY 60 FT OF ROPE, CARRYING TWO PASSENGERS ON EACH.  Operator2; HIS PASSENGERS AND OPERATOR1 AND HIS PARTY ARE ALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS DOWN FOR THE WEEK.  THEY DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THE LAKE HOUSE AND START PREPARING DINNER.  OPERATOR1 CONTINUED TOWING HIS PARTIES ON THE TWO TUBES.  OPERATOR2 AND HIS PASSENGERS WERE TURNING AROUND AND JUST BEGAN TO HEAD BACK NORTH TOWARDS THE VIRGINIA STATE LINE.  OPERATOR1 WAS TRAVELING EAST WHEN HE STATED HE SAW VESSEL #2 (STAND ON VESSEL) OFF HIS BOW.  OPERATOR1 THEN TURNED HIS VESSEL (GIVE WAY VESSEL) TO PORT (NORTH) THE SAME DIRECTION AS VESSEL #2 WAS TRAVELING.  OPERATOR1 STATED VESSEL #2 BEGAN TO TURN SLIGHTLY TO PORT, SO OPERATOR1 TURNED HARDER TO PORT.  WHEN VESSEL #1 BEGAN TURNING TO PORT, THIS ACTION FORCED THE BLUE TUBE OUTSIDE ITS WAKE TO THE STARBOARD SIDE.  THE MOMENTUM OF THE BLUE TUBE CARRIED IT AROUND THE STERN, COLLIDING WITH THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #2 NEAR MID SHIP NEXT TO THE DRIVERS SEAT.  THE BLUE TUBE RECEIVED A SIX INCH TEAR TO THE NYLON COVER AND THE INNER TUBE HAD A 2 INCH CUT, WITH EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS PUNCTURED AND SCRAPED BY A BOLT THAT HELD THE RAILING TO THE DECK UNDER THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #2.  ACCORDING TO THE INJURED PARTY, HE AND HIS BROTHER JUMPED OFF THE TUBE PRIOR TO IMPACT. One tuber WAS UNABLE TO RECOLLECT ANY EVENTS AFTER ABANDONING THE BLUE TUBE.  PASSENGERS FROM VESSEL #2 JUMPED IN THE WATER TO RESCUE victim who was THEN TRANSPORTED TO HALIFAX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT/CARE.  THE NATURE OF INJURIES THAT victim SUSTAINED ARE AS FOLLOWS; FRACTURED RIGHT ARM/ELBOW AT ULNA, PUNCTURED/COLLAPSED RIGHT LUNG WITH CONTUSION, LACERATION TO LIVER, TWO BROKEN RIGHT SIDE RIBS, CONTUSION TO RIGHT PARIETAL REGION OF HEAD AND CONTUSION TO RIGHT LEG.  victim WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO ROANOKE VIRGINIA (HOSPITAL) FOR TREATMENT/CARE.
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