At approximately 1430 HRS on 7/1/2012, Jefferson County Dispatch received a report regarding a female subject with a severe laceration to her finger; said subject was in vessel 1 in an unidentified area on Perry Lake.  

Vessel 1 was reportedly "stranded" at said time and intended to go to the Perry Yacht and Marina Club.  A passing vessel  transported the female victim and a male occupant to said marina club.  

A Jefferson County ambulance met them at the boat ramp and reportedly transported them to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.  The female victim''s right middle finger was reportedly partially amputated while she attempted to pull up the anchor line.  Vessel 1 was reportedly in reverse when said incident occurred, attempting to loosen the anchor.  

At approximately 1505 HRS, while at the boat ramp, NRO briefly spoke with the male subject prior to him and the victim being transported to the hospital.  NRO then went to the incident scene to make contact with the operator of vessel 1 and occupants thereof.  At 1522 HRS, after arriving there, NRO took photographs of the scene and towed vessel 1 to said marina club, then briefly interviewed the operator and occupants thereof.  NRO was informed that just prior to the incident, the victim had been attempting to manually free the anchor line but was unsuccessful.  Sometime thereafter, vessel 1 was running and in reverse and the victim''s finger reportedly became entangled in the anchor line and was partially amputated during the incident.  The occupants reportedly attempted to stop the victim''s bleeding and called 911 to report the incident.  At 1708 HRS, the operator provided NRO with a written statement regarding her account of the incident.
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