Boat#1 with three persons aboard was towing one 12 year old boy riding a tube in same area where boat#2 was towing a tube with two riders aboard. Boat#2 operator reported that after making the end of a figure eight turn he noticed boat#1 was heading directly toward his boat#2. Boat#2 operator reported he turned off the engine to slow down to a stop to avoid being struck by boat#1. When boat#1 drove pass stopped boat#2, the boat#1 tube & rider struck boat#2. Tube rider was found unconscious face down in the water. Boat#2 operator's wife entered the water and turned the injured tube rider face up. The injured rider's aunt left boat#1 to assist the injured tube rider. The injured rider's aunt and boat#2 operator's wife helped get the injured boy into boat#1. The boat#1 operator then drove to the boat#1 owner-operator's dock and waited for emergency responders. As of 11-1-12 -- no investigator report from the bayfield county sheriff, or the on-scene iron river pd officer or any other le agency has been received. an incomplete boat#2 operator report received in le on 1-24-13. Boat#2 operator provided excellent incident information and an aerial depiction of the incident and some relevant locations on long lake. Boat#2 operator report had incomplete information about boat#2 since it was a borrowed boat. Telecom contact on 1-28-2013 with boat#2 owner provided the missing boat#2 information.
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