Operator was out tubing with his family and had decided it was time to leave for the day.  Operator pulled in the tube and tied it to the boat.  He then coiled the rope on the floor behind him.  His girlfriend and daughter sat on the seat behind him.  Daughter sat on her mom's lap.  Operator said he then started for shore.  The tube was splashing water so he repositioned it and did not secure it.  He then started towards shore again and was traveling about 25 mph when the tube became loose and blew out of the boat.  When the tube touched the water, the tube stopped and yanked the rope.  The coiled rope was below the feet of his girlfriend and daughter.  It pulled tight around the ankles of both Daughter and girlfriend and pulled them out of the boat and into the water.  The rope burned both of their legs and broke daughter’s left leg near her ankle.
COUNCIL BLUFFS                