RedactedNarrative: ON 06/05/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30 HOURS, THE OPERATOR, AND THE PASSENGER, WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON A PWC IN THE DAVIDSON COVE AREA OF LAKE NORMAN NEAR CHANNEL MARKER D7.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A WAKE, THE PWC WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER WAKE AND THE OPEARTOR WAS EJECTED. THE OPERATOR SUSTAINED A SIGNIFICANT LACERATION TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND WAS UNABLE TO RE-BOARD THE PWC. THE OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO THE NEARBY SHORELINE AND WENT BY PERSONAL VEHICLE TO LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL. THE OPERATOR RECEIVED 20 STITCHES FOR THE LACERATION; WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.  NO OTHER INJURIES OR VESSEL DAMAGE OCCURRED.
  
  **************PLEASE NOTE:  EVEN THOUGH THE OPERATOR HAD CONSUMED ALCOHOL, THIS WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT*****************
  
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