RedactedNarrative: ON AUGUST 8, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS, VESSEL ONE A PWC OPERATED BY VESSEL ONE OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING ON MOUNTAIN ISLAND RESERVOIR SOUTHWEST TOWARD MOUNTAIN ISLAND HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY DAM AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN VESSEL ONE OPERATOR CROSSED THE WAKE OF VESSEL TWO. VESSEL TWO WAS TRAVELING IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DIRECTION. UPON CROSSING VESSEL TWO'S WAKE, VESSEL ONE OPERATOR WAS EJECTED FROM VESSEL ONE IMPACTING HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE RIGHT HANDLEBAR OF VESSEL ONE. WITNESSES IN VESSEL TWO STATED THEY HEARD A “BOOM” AND SAW THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE BEING EJECTED FROM THE VESSEL ALONG WITH DEBRIS “FLYING EVERYWHERE” FROM VESSEL ONE.  WITNESSES FROM VESSEL TWO TURNED THEIR BOAT AROUND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.  WITNESSES FROM VESSEL TWO REMOVED VESSEL ONE OPERATOR FROM THE WATER AND TOWED VESSEL ONE TO THE CLOSEST SHORE.  WITNESSES STATED THAT VESSEL ONE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS PFD WITH THE KILL SWITCH TO VESSEL ONE ATTACHED TO HIS PFD AT THE TIME THEY REMOVED HIM FROM THE WATER.  VESSEL ONE OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT ON HIS LEG.
  
  AS IT IS STATED IN THE REPORT, THE TYPE OF MACHINERY FAILURE THAT CAUSED THIS INCIDENT IS "UNKNOWN"
  
  
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