INITIAL CALL
On Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at approximately 1730 hours, I received a radio call/request from Summit County Dispatch (SCD) pertaining to a welfare check.  SCD received a 911 call from an individual who was with a group of boaters out on Echo Reservoir (Echo).  SCD stated the individual was requesting SCD transfer their call to a hospital or health clinic in the area as the caller had some medical health inquiries and wanted some answers.  SCD informed the caller that they could not transfer their call.  The caller then hung up.  SCD asked if I would go to Echo and look for the individuals boating on the lake.  I informed SCD that I would be en route but that I would need to first retrieve Rockport's ranger boat.


EN ROUTE TO THE SCENE
While I was en route to the scene, Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) Officer informed SCD that he would be en route to Echo's North Beach area (marina/boat launch area) to see if any boaters come ashore requiring medical attention.  A Summit County Sheriff Deputy also requested SCD have an ambulance sent to the area for medical assistance purposes.  I retrieved the ranger boat at approximately 1745 hours and informed SCD I was en route to Echo.  At approximately 1755 hours, Officer informed SCD that he had made contact with a group of boaters that have a medical situation and that they were the individuals who made the call to SCD.  Officer informed me that the medical situation was the result of a boating incident.  I informed Officer that I would remain en route to take a report.


ARRIVE AT SCENE
I arrived at Echo's North Beach area at approximately 1810 hours.  When I arrived, the boat involved with the medical situation was out of the water near the boat ramp.  Two male individuals were assisting the patient P1 out of the boat.  P1 was in a lot of pain.  EMS personnel were on the scene.  I began to gather information.


CASE DETAILS
I spoke with the operator of, P2, the observer of the boat P3, and a third individual who was a passenger/tuber on the boat.  According to their information, a total of seven people were on the boat.  At the time of the accident, three of the seven individuals including P1 were being towed on a "water wieny".  As the boat was traveling and towing the tube, it turned right and the tube began to swing to the left increasing in speed.  The tube flipped and all three individuals on it were thrown off.  P1 dislocated/separated her right shoulder on impact with the water.  P1 had dislocated her shoulder and received surgery on it a month or two earlier.  The other two individuals on the tube were not injured.  P1 had declined any medical assistance.  Her group was going to transport her to a health clinic in Park City.


VERBAL WARNING
I P2, after inquiring with him, that he needs to have registration and insurance paperwork for the boat somewhere within the boat.  I gave him a warning only rather than issuing a citation as the patient was waiting to be transported to the medical facility and was in a lot of pain.


CONCLUSION
The group left North Beach  P1 at approximately 1825 hours.  The ambulance left the scene at approximately 1820 hours.  The accident occurred due to the fall off of a tube being pulled by a boat; however, the injury to P1 would most likely not have resulted in a shoulder dislocation/separation if P1 did not have a prior injury to it.  I left the scene at approximately 1830 hours and arrived back at Rockport at 1855 hours.
Coalville                     