ON 7/2/23, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:28AM, VESSEL 1 WAS HEADING NORTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF POE CREEK ON LAKE GASTON TOWING A TUBE WITH THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD.  WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN NEAR THE MOUTH OF POE CREEK, THE TUBE SWUNG OUTSIDE OF THE WAKE OFF THE BACK STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL.  THE TUBE HIT A WAKE FROM OTHER VESSELS CAUSING IT TO OVERTURN AND EJECT THE PASSENGERS INTO THE WATER.  THE MIDDLE PASSENGER ENTERED THE WATER FIRST WHEN EJECTED FROM THE TUBE.  THE LEFT PASSENGER WAS EJECTED FROM THE TUBE INTO THE AIR AND MADE HARD HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTACT WITH THE MIDDLE PASSENGER IN THE WATER. AS THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 APPROACHED THE EJECTED TUBERS, HE NOTICED BLEEDING JUST ABOVE THEIR EYES.  THE PASSENGERS' HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTACT AFTER BEING EJECTED FROM THE TUBE CAUSED LACERATIONS ABOVE THEIR EYES.  THE PASSENGERS ON THE BOAT HALPED THE TUBERS INTO THE VESSEL AND BEGAN FIRST AID.  VESSEL ONE RETURNED TO THE DOCK AND CONTACTED EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE TRANPORTED TO ECU HEALTH NORTH HOSPITAL.  THE INJURED TUBERS RECEIVED STITCHES AND CT SCANS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO CHECK FOR CONCUSSIONS.  BOTH INJURED PEOPLE WERE LATER RELEASED.

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