VICTIM WAS SWIMMING ALONG SHORELINE OF ISLAND LAKE & OBSERVED A SLOW MOVING PONTOON BOAT COMING TOWARDS HER. VICTIM ASSUMED PONTOON BOAT OPERATOR SAW HER, SO SHE KEPT SWIMMING. VICTIM SAW BOAT GOING OVER HER AND FELT PROPELLER STRIKE HER ARM & BACK AREA.
SWIMMER YELLED TO BOAT OPERATOR ' YOU JUST HIT ME'. PONTOON STOPPED TO INQUIRE IF VICTIM WAS ALRIGHT & COULD SWIM HOME. SWIMMER DECIDED TO WADE TO SHORE & SOUGHT HER HUSBAND. BOAT OPERATOR DID NOT PROVIDE ANY IDENTIFICATION AND DROVE AWAY. VICTIM HAD HER HUSBAND TRANSPORT HER TO THE EAGLE RIVER HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF LACERATIONS TO LEFT ELBOW AND BACK. LATER INVESTIGATION BY DNR WARDENS LOCATED THE BOAT OPERATOR AFTER GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE VICTIM & HOSPITAL. PONTOON OPERATOR WAS CITED FOR FAILING TO REPORT THE INCIDENT TO AUTHORITIES.
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