ON 7/8/2023, AT 11:00AM, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON HIGH ROCK LAKE.  THERE WAS NO VESSEL AT FAULT IN THIS INCIDENT.  RATHER AN INJURY THAT OCCURRED TO A SKIER BEING TOWED BY A VESSEL.  THE OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS OPERATOR.  OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE SKIER BEING TOWED BY OPERATOR WS INJURED.  

OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 10-20 MPH IN WEARING CREEK ON HIGH ROCK LAKE WHEN INJURED SUSTAINED HIS INJURY.  INJURED EXPRESSED HIS INJURY OCCURRED IN FRONT OF A RESIDENCE ON RIVERSIDE COURT.  OPERATOR ADVISED OFFICER 1 THAT HE VIEWED INJURED FALL ON THE SKIES AND WENT TO HELP HIM WHEN HE REALIZED THE INJURY HAD OCCURRED.  OPERATOR THEN ASSISTED WITH GETTING INJURED TO THE SHORE SO FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY COULD BE SOUGHT.  AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, IT WAS DETERMINEED THAT INJURED WOULD NEED FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT AND EMS PERSONNEL WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE TO ASSIST.  INJURED WAS TRANSFERRED TO LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER.  UPON BEING EVALUATED, IT WAS DETERMINED INJURED HAD A COMPLETE RUPTURE OF HIS LEFT HAMSTRING.  THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY DETERMINED THAT INJURED WOULD NEED A SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE HAMSTRING, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR 7/25/23.

OFFICER 1 WAS FORWARDED THE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS INCIDENT VIA OFFICER 2 ON 7/18/23.  ON 7/19/23, OFFICER 1 WENT TO INJURED'S RESIDENCE TO CHECK ON HIS WELLBEING AS WELL AS HAVE HIM COMPLETE NECESSARY PAPERWORK FOR THE INCIDENT.  IT WAS DETERMINED THROUGH QUESTIONING AND SPEAKING WITH INJURED THAT NO NEGLIGENT BOATING OPERATION OR DRUGS OR ALCOHOL CONTRIBUTED TO THE INJURY.  BOTH OPERATOR AND INJURED HAD PLENTY OF BOATING EXPERIENCE AND INJURED STATED OPERATOR TO BE TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED BETWEEN 10-20 MPH WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  WHEN ASKED WHAT COULD HAVE AVOIDED THE INCIDENT, INJURED ADVISED "IF HE WASN'T SO OLD".  BASED ON THE EVIDENCE GATHERED THROUGH ORALLY GIVEN STATEMENTS, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT NO CHARGES WOULD BE PURSUED IN THIS INCIDENT.

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