RedactedNarrative: On 08/04/2017 at approximately 12:00pm, a boating incident occurred on lake norman.  The incident occurred near marker five in ramsey creek.  Ramsey creek is located in mecklenburg county.  There were two vessels involved in this incident.  The first vessel is an 11 foot 2015 sea doo personal water craft.  This vessel is equipped with a 300 hp engine.  The second vessel is unknown.  The incident resulted from Operator1' personal water craft striking vessel number two's wake.  Operator1 injured her right leg in this incident. 
  
  Operator1 was operating a personal water craft in ramsey creek.  Operator1 was accompanied by another personal water craft whose father owned both vessels.  Operator1 decided to jump a wake.  Operator1 struck the wake with the bow of her vessel.  Operator1 hit the wake at an approximate speed of 25mph.  Operator1 stated that she struck the wake with too much speed.  While jumping the wake, she was thrown airborne from her vessel.  On her descent, Operator1' right leg struck the personal water craft.  The strike resulted in a laceration on the front of her right leg.  The laceration is located below the knee.  While in the water she yelled for help.  Two witnesses in a black ski boat stopped to render assistance.  They pulled Operator1 into their vessel and called 911.  Operator1 was transported by cornelius fireboat to kings port marina.  She was transported by ambulance to the main campus of carolinas medical center.  Operator1 was treated for the injury on her leg and released.   The vessel was not damaged.  Operator1 was wearing a type iii pfd.
  
  In conclusion, it is apparent that operator inexperience is the primary cause of this incident.   Operator1 did not know how to properly operate the personal water craft over the wake.  Operator1 does not have boating safety education as required by law.  There were no other injuries, and no vessels were damaged as a result of this incident.
  
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