I was sitting at the boat ramp on July 25, 2010 at 1715 hours catching up on reports for the day. As I was in my truck subject ran up to me and stated that he had a man that had a cut foot and was having problems breathing on a boat. I followed him down the courtesy docks to the end of the dock where there was a boat with three people in it. 

CONTACT 

As I made contact with the driver, Operator, he stated that the injured party, Victim was having a difficult time breathing. I called for an ambulance and ran back to my truck to get oxygen. I then came back down to boat and did a patient evaluation and a check on VICTIM. His main complaint was that he couldn't breathe. We gave him oxygen and he stated that it was helping a lot. He also had a cut on his left ankle. 

MEDICAL 

Willard first responders arrived at 1727 hours and provided medical care. Brigham City Ambulance arrived at 1735 and VICTIM was then cared for a taken to the Brigham City Hospital. He received 4 broken ribs and a punctured lung. They had to put a chest tube in and he was released from the hospital on 7/29/2010. 

ACCIDENT

Operator and one person were both on the boat when the accident. OPERATOR was driving and stated that he was skiing out of the wake and fell and it looked bad. subject stated that he somersaulted and it was really a bad fall. OPERATOR dove in the water because VICTIM was unconscious and he pulled VICTIM's head out of the water. As he did that, VICTIM started to come back to consciousness but still not all there. OPERATOR stated that VICTIM looked like he landed head first. They put life jackets and everything underneath him so they could pull him into the boat. OPERATOR swam him back to the boat and they got him into the boat and VICTIM just laid down in the boat. They drove back to the marina where they contacted me. 

VICTIM stated that he was water skiing and the boot on the ski broke which caused him to wreck. He stated that the ski hit him and he was in a lot of pain.

Willard                       