ACCORDING TO WITNESS ON 7/12/09 AT APPROX. 1630HRS VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO WAKEBOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME BEHIND HIS BOAT OPERATED BY OPERATOR. OCCUPANT WAS A PASSENGER ON THE BOAT. VICTIM LOST CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET UP ON PLANE WITH HIS WAKE BOARD AND LANDED IN THE WATER. WHEN THE BOAT TURNED AROUND TO PICK HIM UP VICTIM SHOUTED THAT HIS LEG WAS BROKEN. THEY ASSISTED VICTIM INTO THE BAOT AND BROUGHT HIM DIRECTLY TO WAHWEAP MARINA. Officer AND I RESPONDED TO THE MARINA AND ALONG WITH OTHER RANGERS WE ADMINISTERED TREATMENT TO VICTIM. VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO PAGE HOSPITAL VIA MEDIC 1. I MET WITH OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT TO CONDUCT THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. AFTER TAKING THE STATEMENTS AND MY DIALOGE WITH VICTIM DURING HIS MEDICAL ASSESSMENT MY FINDINGS ARE THAT VICTIM WAS AN INEXPERIENCED WAKEBOARDER. NO OTHER OBJECTS, VESSELS, OR INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. I WAS UNABLE TO EXAMINE THE WAKEBOARDING EQUIPMENT TO DETERMINE IF THE EQUIPMENT WAS FAULTY. ALCOHOL OR DRUGS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR.INEXPERIENCE WAS THE PREVELANT FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT AND THAT NEITHER PARTY ACTED RECKLESSLY OR ILLEGALLY.
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