RedactedNarrative: On june 1, 2019 at approximately 1745 hours, a boating incident occurred in mount gilead, nc on lake tillery in montgomery county. The incident occurred on lake tillery in the mouth of the lily's bridge cove, just out from peninsula road in fairway shores. The vessel involved was a 22 foot, 2016 mastercraft nxt (vessel #1), ski boat with a 300 hp inboard motor. The boat has a starboard side console was operated by the owner. Operator1's wife was sitting in the front of the vessel at the bow. There were four other juvenile passengers on board during the time of the incident. The incident occurred when vessel #1, hit the wake of an unknown vessel causing occupant1 to bounce up and out of her seat. She then landed back in her seat impacting the seat and the gunwale. 
  
  Operator1 and his family and friends were traveling back towards lily's bridge access area on lake tillery and had just entered the cove, traveling closer to the fairway shores community side. Upon entering the cove, traveling approximately 20 mph, operator1 recognized that there was a significant amount of boat traffic and that the waters were congested. There were several personal watercrafts maneuvering up ahead in the cove. Operator1 was in the process of passing or overtaking a pontoon boat that was traveling in the same direction on his starboard side. While overtaking the pontoon boat, operator1 was passed by another vessel on his port side that was traveling the opposite direction exiting the cove and entering the main channel.  At this time, vessel #1 struck a wake, from an unknown vessel that caused the vessel #1's bow to rise and forced occupant1 up and out of her seat. Vessel #1''s bow then lowered back into the water and occupant1 struck the seat she had just left, and the impact resulted in her injury. Occupant1 was immediately taken to shore at river wild restaurant and treated for an apparent back injury. She was then airlifted to carolina medical center-main in charlotte, nc. Occupant1 was hospitalized for a total of 5 days and required a spinal fusion surgery to correct the fractured l2 vertebrae, sustained from the incident.
  
  It appears that this boating incident was a result of congested waters caused by increased boating activity, at the mouth of lily''s bridge cove. Occupant1 was the only occupant on board that sustained any injuries. All required boating safety items were on board vessel #1 and it appears that alcohol and drugs were not a factor in the incident. No one was charged as a result of this incident.
  