RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, August 1st, 2020 at approximately 17:30 hours, I, Game Warden, a Georgia POST certified Peace Officer with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Law Enforcement Division, Region 1 was contacted by GSP in regards to a female being struck by a ski rope of another vessel. They were in the cove adjacent to Clark Creek south in Bartow County. Cpl. and I proceeded to the area and contacted the complainant and victim on the white sunbird.  
  
  Once on the scene, we gathered all statements from all parties. They told me they were sitting in the water, watching their daughter wakeboard from another boat. A black Monterey who was wake skiing, throttled up and dropped his skier in the water after 2-3 seconds. 
  
  He looked forward and saw V1's vessel and turned to his starboard (right) then adjusted course abruptly to his port (left) side instead of slowing down or waiting for the vessels to maneuver out of the way and circled across the starboard bow of V1's vessel. 
  
  The victim and witness vessels said V2 passed approximately 5-8 feet from the vessel as it circled them well above idle speed.  This maneuver caused V2's approximately 55-foot ski rope to drag across V1's vessel's stern from the engine across the starboard side to the bow. The rope contacted all four persons on V1's vessel.  
  
  An occupant at the bow, had the rope come across her neck/face and jerked her to the other side of the boat. She sustained bleeding rope burns where the rope contacted her face. Both parties said they exchanged words, and V1 contacted 911. 
  
  We escorted both V2 and V1s vessels to Clark Creek South boat ramp and had victim checked out by EMS.  We gathered V2's statement and diagram, see Attached, and it seemed to corroborate the stories of the other two vessels. By both accounts and the approximate length of V2 ski rope, He would have been within 100ft of V1's adrift vessel and above idle speed.
  
  On 08.05/2020, I talked to the Bartow County Solicitor to see what charges they would like to pursue. After talking to the Bartow County Solicitor, we decided to charge V2 with 52-7-12.1 Reckless Operation and 52-7-18 Violation of Rules of the Road
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