ON 09/04/2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON SWEARING CREEK OF HIGH ROCK LAKE IN DAVIDSON COUNTY.  A PWC, 2012 KAWASAKI, WAS BEING OPERATED BY OPERATOR.  TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE BEING TOWED ON A TUBE BEHIND THE PWC, INJURED AND HER SON, PASSENGER 2.  INJURED FELL OFF THE TUBE AND WAS INJURED.  

THROUGH INTERVIEWING WITNESSES AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 10-20 MPH IN SWEARING CREEK ON HIGH ROCK LAKE (GPS COORDINATES 35.6896,-80.3049) WHEN INJURED SUSTAINED HER INJURY.  OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST IN A COVE ON SWEARING CREEK BEFORE MAKING A SHARP TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH WHEN INJURED FELL OFF THE TUBE.  INJURED STATED THAT WHEN OPERATOR MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN, HER FOOT CAUGHT ON THE WATER AND BENT BACKWARDS. INJURED STATED THAT WHEN HER LEG BENT, SHE HEARD A LOUD POP AND WAS UNABLE TO BEAR ANY WEIGHT ON HER LEFT LEG.  BOTH OPERATOR AND INJURED CONFIRMED THAT THE INCIDENT TO OCCURRED IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. OPERATOR ASSISTED INJURED TO SHORE WHERE EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL WAS CONTACTED.  DUE TO INJURED BEING UNABLE TO BEAR ANY WEIGHT ON HER LEFT LEG, SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.  PASSENGER 2 WAS UNINJURED.

INJURED ADVISED THAT SHE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAIN TO HER LEFT KNEE AND NO FURTHER MEDICAL ATTENTION WOULD BE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. IT WAS DETERMINED THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT OPERATOR WAS NOT ACTING IN A NEGLIGENT OR CARELESS MANNER WHEN THE INCDIENT OCCURRED.  ALCOHOL OR DRUGS DID NOT PLAY A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT.
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