I was called on 9/15/2012 at 0907 from Utah County Dispatch for a report of a delayed boating accident. I made phone contact with the Reporting Party.  He wanted to report a boat accident in which he was the victim that occurred on 07/18/12 at about 1630 on Utah Lake about 4 miles north of Lincoln Beach Marina.  I went to his residence on the same day at 1110 to gather information for the report.   The reason he wants to report it is because he was told that the boat owners would pay for his medical bills but they did not have insurance and they did not want him to go after their business.  SUBJECT says that they are not paying for his medical bills.

I got written witness statements from three people and the complaintent.  Two people were on the tube with Victim at the time of the accident and Subject2 was in the boat. See attachment for a copy of the video of the tube flipping. Two people went to the Mountain View ER with Victim after the accident.  Victim had a broken humorous.  According to Victim the doctor said there is a bone fragment floating around. I did see paperwork from Mountain View Hospital showing that Victim Subject was admitted on 07/18/12.

On 09/24/12 I spoke with operator on the phone and confirmed he was the operator of the boat at the time of the accident and that Victim did hurt his shoulder and go to the hospital for that injury.  I also got the boat insurance company that operator uses for his boat to fax me proof of insurance on the boat at the time of the boat accident (see attached).  I informed operator that I would be issuing a citation for Failure to report a boat accident.  The accident needed to reported within 10 days by the owner of the boat.  On 09/19/12 operator’s daughter and passenger on the boat did file an accident report to the Boating Section at the Division of Parks and Recreation but this was outside of ten day period.

After speaking with a Utah County Attorney it was decided that I would not cite operator for failure to report a boat accident.

The attachment for the accident video was too big for he report to save I have a copy of it if needed.
Benjamin                      