Phoenix bass boat traveling on plane struck a large wake from an unknown vessel causing operator to impact the steering console resulting in injuries.      

*** On may 13 2023,  bass fishing tournament director spoke to decatur county wildlife officer and advised him that one of their participants in the tournament was involved in a boating incident earlier in the day. 

Officer1 was provided the name of the subject involved in the incident, victim. Officer1 spoke to victim via phone and found him to be at maury regional hospital getting seen. Victim told Officer that he was headed downstream towards clifton at approximately 58mph when he met a large vessel. Victim states he struck the waves of this vessel causing him to jump out of the water and when he came back down, he struck his console and several items were lost due to the impact with the water. 

Victim stated that he had bruising and a concussion from the incident.  Officer1 also spoke to a witness to the incident. Witness1 stated he waved to victim as he passed by and pointed to the waves. He states victim was "up and running hard" when he hit the wave. The name or owner of the larger vessel is unknown at this time. 

V1 showed a large amount of damage to the console, which is suspected to be the impact of victim against it and cracks and spider webbing to the fiberglass along the vessel. Victim provided an gps point of where the incident was stated to occur which is approximately river mile marker 177 in hardin co. Preliminary report only,information will be added as it is received *** Boating Investigator Supplement:  The following updates were made to report:  

Accident type was updated to "Vessel Wake Damage".   
Synposis added.   
Personal property monetary damage of $4912 added to vessel.

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