The pontoon boat was pulling two people on the tube.  They had finished and were being brought into the boat to switch out people.  Tuber1 decided to jump off and swim to the front of the boat, without the knowledge of the operator.  Operator1 gave the boat full throttle , Tuber1 was hanging off the front of the boat at the time.  The boat went over Tuber1 in between the two pontoons. Tuber1 was hit with the propeller on the left side on the buttock and down to the ankle.  Tuber1 then ended up 30 ft. behind the boat.  He was yelling “call 911”. he repeated this 5 or 6 times.  He then yelled, "My ass is all chewed up".

Operator2 was in another boat and he heard all the commotion and he came over to help.  On his approach, his bow hit the pontoon boat putting a large dent in the left side. Subject on V1 jumped in the water to help Tuber1.  The injured person was then put on the ski boat and rushed to Cedar Springs Marina.  Once at the marina an off duty paramedic from Omaha, Nebraska just happened to be in the area.  He assisted with medical care until the Daggett County Ambulance arrived.  Classic Air out of Vernal was called to transport Tuber1 to Primary Children's Medical Center in SLC.

Tuber1 had lacerations to left leg buttock and ankle area,  he is scheduled to be released later the week of 8-10-12.

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Dutch John                    