ON 08/05/2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 PM A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE NORMAN. OPERATOR VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON LAKE NORMAN IN THE MAIN CHANNEL NEAR WILDWOOD TRAIL DR. VESSEL 1 WAS UNDERWAY AND PULLING A TUBE WITH FOUR OCCUPANTS WHO WERE PASSENGER 9 (UNINJURED OCCUPANT), PASSENGER 1 (INJURED OCCUPANT), PASSENGER 11, (UNINJURED OCCUPANT) AND PASSENGER 4 (UNINJURED OCCUPANT). VESSEL 1 OCCUPANTS WERE OPERATOR, PASSENGER 5, PASSENGER 3, PASSENGER 10, PASSENGER 6, PASSENGER 7, AND PASSENGER 8. WHILE UNDERWAY, THE TUBE HIT A LARGE WAKE, WHICH CAUSED PASSENGER 1/INJURED TO BE EJECTED FROM THE TUBE, PASSENGER 1/INJURED COLLIDED WITH THE TUBE WHICH CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HER SPINE. UPON RETURNING TO THEIR RESIDENCE PASSENGER 1/INJURED WAS TAKEN TO LAKE NORMAN MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. PASSENGER 1/INJURED SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HER L1 VERTEBRA. NO OTHER VESSEL DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
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