RedactedNarrative: At about 4:36pm on July 5th 2015, I received a call from Raleigh communications stating that a boating accident with injuries had occurred at Harris Lake in Chatham County. I arrived at Cross Point access area around 4:54pm and the paramedics were putting their boat on the water to go pick up the injured skier. While waiting for them to return I spoke to the observer that was riding on the Jet Ski at the time of the accident. The observer stated that the skier was on a wake board being towed by the Jet Ski. When coming out of a cove, the operator turned slightly right to head south. The skier then drifted left and went outside of the wake being caused by the Jet Ski. The skier lost balance and fell off the wake board into the water, injuring her back to the point where she could not feel her legs. 
   
  In fear that they would injure the skier further, the operator and observer did not move her out of the water and called 911. When the paramedics returned with the operator of the Jet Ski and the skier, the skier was placed on a back board and moved from the boat to ambulance. While the skier was being taken care of Officer received the skiers contact information. I spoke to the operator and had her fill out an accident report form before the ambulance left. I then asked the operator for a few more details about the events prior. The operator stated that the injured skier had back surgery about a year prior to the accident. The operator also advised that she herself had not been drinking nor was she operating the Jet Ski in a reckless manner. The operator, observer and skier were all wearing a personal floatation device at the time of the accident. After gathering all the information I needed, Officer and I released the family to follow the ambulance to the hospital and we cleared the scene. I have come to the conclusion the Jet Ski wake mixed with the rain and wind caused the water to be a little more choppy than usual, which could have contributed to the accident.
   
      On a follow up call made to the operator, I found that the skier will be fine and will fully recover. The injuries sustained where explained as the equivalent to a car accident with bruising, soreness and a whiplash.
   