ON 6/14/09 AT APPROX. 1232HRS THE LISTED BOAT OPERATOR DROVE UP TO THE BARTLETT LAKE SHERIFFS AID STATION. HE REPORTED THAT THE LISTED INJURE FEMALE PASSENGER HAD HER THUMB REMOVED BY A TOW ROPE AS THEY WERE BAOTING. THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED: THE INJURED FEMALE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK OF THE BOAT, AS THEY STARTED FROM A STOPPED POSITION THERE WAS A TUBE ATTACHED TO THE BOAT WHICH BLEW OUT AS THEY STARTED TO PICK UP SPEED. THE ROPE BECAME ENTANGLED AROUND THE FEMALES LEFT THUMB AND RIGHT ANKLE. THE ROPE SEVERED THE THUMB ABD KEFT A ROPE BURN AROUND THE ANKLE. THIS OCCURRED IN THE NORTH END OF THE LAKE BY BARTLETT FLATS. THERE WAS NOBODY ON THE TUBE AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY. RURAL METRO AMBULANCE 821 TRANSPORTED THE INJURED FEMALE TO THOMPSON PEAK HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION.
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