RedactedNarrative: On Saturday June 20, 2020 at approximately 1946 hours I received a call in reference to a boating accident in Thompson Creek on Lake Lanier. I called the complainant, and asked for information about the accident. He advised me that he was operating his Yamaha boat when he struck a wave that he did not see. He advised me that traffic was light that day and he was not expecting the wave. He stated that as he hit the wave his passenger went airborne and struck the seat on her way down. The impact resulted in a compression fracture the L1 vertebrae. She was transported and released from NE GA Medical Center. 
  
  
  Statement from operator:
  On Saturday, June, 6/20/2020, at roughly 7PM, at Thompson Creek, about 3000 feet S-SE of Athens Boat club, we encountered an unusual deep swell that seemed to come out of nowhere.  my GF and passenger was on the bow seat of my boat when we hit the wave/wake.   We were traveling at about 20 mph or less before we came up to the wave/wake.  Either because of the angle or the depth of the wake or combination of those factors, the bow of the boat went up suddenly and victim became briefly airborne over the seat, just as she was beginning to descend back on the seat, the bow suddenly surged up.   victim was struck in the back by the seat as she was falling back on to seat.  victim was crying from the pain, so we knew right away it was a serious injury.
  
  We were very close to our dock, maybe a mile away at most from looking at a map, so we slowly motored back to my dock and called 911 the minute we got there.   The EMT and paramedics that arrived gave first aid to victim and she was transported by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center where she was diagnosed with a Compression Fracture to the L1 vertebrae.  I am in the process of caring for her and helping her receive additional medical attention.
  