(Editor's note: Do to inaccurate information in a Water Patrol report, this story has been updated to reflect a more accurate account of the incident. The Water Patrol has reclassified the incident from "Swapping/Flooding" to "Fall within boat")

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. – A collision with a large wake injured seven boaters Friday at the 22-mile marker.

According to the Water Patrol, Marvin F. Carter of Memphis, Tenn., was operating a 2003 Fountain downstream at 4:52 p.m. when the boat struck a wake, “Causing it to forcefully roll back and forth multiple times.”

The operator and passengers sustained minor to moderate injuries hitting each other inside the boat as it rolled back and forth. Carter, Brett Tintera of Osage Beach, Andrew Moon of Sarasota, Fla., Wanda and April Hunsucker of Memphis, Tenn., were all taken to Lake Regional Hospital. Robert and Donna Johnson refused treatment at the scene, according to the Water Patrol.

The boat was towed to The Ledges by Lake Tow.

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