RedactedNarrative: ON MAY 31, 2021 ON OR ABOUT 14:14 HOURS, OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE MOUNTAIN CREEK AREA OF LAKE NORMAN NEAR CHANNEL MARKER M6.  WHILE CRUISING, OPERATOR MADE A LEFT TURN WITHIN 100 FT TO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VESSEL HITTING THE WAKE PRODUCED AND GETTING EJECTED FROM THE PWC.  THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO AND OVER THE HANDLEBARS OF THE PWC STRIKING HIS LEG, WHICH RESULTED IN A BROKEN LEFT FEMUR.  THE OPERATOR WAS TAKEN NEARBY TO MOUNTAIN CREEK MARINA AND TRANSPORTED TO CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER AND RECEIVED SURGERY FOR HIS INJURIES.  NO OTHER INJURIES OR VESSEL DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE OPERATOR ADMITTED TO CONSUMING ALCOHOL (3/4 OF 1 BEER) AND SUBMITTED TO A PORTABLE BREATH TEST.  RESULTS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT FOR IMPAIRMENT.  OPERATOR WAS WEARING A COAST GUARD APPROVED PFD.  SCENE WAS CLEARED AT 1530.
  
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  EVEN THOUGH THE OPERATOR ADMITTED TO CONSUMING A SMALL AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL, THE BREATH TEST DID NOT REVEAL ANY IMPAIRMENT AND THAT IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT.
  
  
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