On 06/30/2012 at 12:54 AM the JoDaviess County 911 Center received a call of a boating accident at Apple Canyon Lake in JoDaviess County. First
responders on the scene found two people injured on the Apple Canyon Lake Dam. Both were transported from the scene in ambulances and later by helicopter to hospitals in Rockford, IL. One was admitted to Rockford Memorial Hospital. The other was admitted to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.
A preliminary investigation revealed that Operator was operating a 20'' Starcraft Aurora recreational watercraft (HIN: STR91392L506) at a speed between 21-40 MPH when it struck the North side of the earthen dam of Apple Canyon Lake. The impact with the dam caused Occupant to be ejected from the vessel and land on the South side of the dam. Operator collided with the operator''s counsel, steering wheel and windshield.
Operator sustained the following injuries: broken jaw, broken teeth, broken cheek bones, broke nose, four broken ribs (right side), two stitches to his left elbow, bruises and cuts to both knees.
Occupant sustained the following injuries: Large laceration to the back of the head which required surgery, fractured neck vertebrae (no surgery required),femur fracture to left leg which required surgery and three fractured ribs on his right side.

The operator was operating without a proper lookout at night. He was operating recklessly.
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