RedactedNarrative: 20' RECREATIONAL CRUISING VESSEL HITS WAKE AND CAUSES LOWER BACK PAIN TO PASSENGER.
  I identified the operator and other passengers of the vessel by Massachusetts driver's licenses. I asked the operator and passengers to tell me what happened. The operator they were cruising in the ICW near markers 59 and 58A. OPERATOR 1 stated she saw another vessels wake ahead and told everyone to hold on as they approached. When they hit the wake, VICTIM complained about her back and immediately found comfort in lying down on the seat. After contacting 911, Lee County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) marine unit and Captiva Fire Department responded by water. LCSO escorted the vessel into Pineland Marina. OPERATOR 1 and the other passengers stated VICTIM has a history of Osteoporosis and claimed it is likely why she suffered the injury. 
  On 4/21/21, I spoke with a friend of VICTIM to get updated information on injuries. She was the only person the hospital allowed to visit VICTIM. She explained VICTIM fractured her T12 vertebrae and was released from the hospital with plans for surgery when she returns to Boston, Mass. on 4/22/21. ; VICTIM sustained a fractured T12 vertebrae. She was the passenger on a cruising vessel that hit a wake causing her spine to compress and fracture her T12.
  