RedactedNarrative: On 8/25/2018 at approximately 3:45pm, a boating incident occurred on high rock lake.  It occurred .1 miles east of scout rd in cotton grove, nc.  The vessel was a 10-foot bombardier personal watercraft (pwc) with a 85 hp jet drive motor. Operator1 was thrown off his pwc due to crossing another vessel's wake and broke his leg.  
  
  Operator1 was riding his pwc around in circles to burn the rest of his fuel in the cove near southmont access area on high rock lake.  He was riding at high speeds when he crossed over the wake of another pwc and was thrown off his pwc.  Operator1 was thrown off toward the front left side (port side) of his pwc.  His left foot was stuck in the footwell of the pwc causing his lower leg to twist and break near his ankle.  Operator1 then swam back to his pwc and proceeded to operate it back to southmont access area.  He then contacted 911.  Personnel from southmont fire department and davidson county emergency management services arrived shortly after to assist him.  Operator1 was taken to the hospital in lexington, nc for x-rays and was scheduled for reconstructive surgery on his left tibia on 8/31/2018.  Operator1 was wearing his type iii us coast guard approved life jacket.  He had the cut off safety lanyard attached to his life jacket which functioned properly turning the pwc off once operator1 was ejected.  He had a charged fire extinguisher on board.  There was no damage to operator1's pwc.  The water temperature was 80 degrees with air temperature of 90 degrees.
  
  Based on operator1's statement, the incident was caused by operator1's pwc hitting a wake abruptly at high speeds after a sharp turn, which threw him off the pwc.  Operator1's left foot then got stuck in the footwell of the pwc and his left tibia was twisted and broke.  No charges were filed as a result of this incident.  Drugs and alcohol were not a contributing factor.  Operator1's daughter was riding a pwc nearby and witnessed the incident.
  
  
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