RedactedNarrative: On 7/8/17 at approximately 19:20 hours a Ranger bass boat (IL 6932 GT) was traveling in a south by southwest direction approximately 40 yards outside of the no wake zone below Cumberland county road 19 bridge.  
  
  Operator said the water was very rough due to other recreational boats in the area so he accelerated his boat to what he believed to be 40 m.p.h. in an attempt to skip over the waves.  Operator said the waves seemed to be coming from multiple directions and when he went over the first wave he came out of his seat a little as the boat dropped down between waves and quickly came back upward jolting his body in the seat.  
  
  Operator said the impact with the seat of his boat sent a pain through his back and the pain was enough it caused him to throw up.  Operator said he had previously suffered from back problems before this incident.  Operator said he was able to operate his boat back to the dock at his residence where he went inside and laid down putting ice on his back.  Hours later a friend of Operator''s called 911 for an ambulance to transport him to Sarah Bush Lincoln hospital in Mattoon, IL where he was treated and released.  
  
  
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