I received a call from charlotte mecklenburg officer about a boat accident that occurred near the sandbar and a hispanic male was brought into blythe landing.  Officer advised me that the victim was struck by the boat prop while trying to move the boat off a sandbar and is being taken to cmc in charlotte.  I met with the victim, victim and his wife at the hospital and interviewed wife about the accident.  I also interviewed the other people on board the vessel later.  Victim could not read or write in english and could not speak or understand english very well.  I had his wife translate to me what happened because the people in the boat did not see what happened.  There were no eye witnesses.  Victim stated that his father in law, wife’s father had just purchased the vessel and they didn't know their way around the lake very well, and ran across a sandbar and got stuck.  As the new owner/operator was trying to get the vessel off the sandbar, victim jumped off the back and started pushing without the people in the vessel knowing he jumped in not thinking about it being in gear.  As he pushed it loose, the vessel kicked sideways and the prop struck him in the right calf doing extensive damage.  He walked through the water to shore and found some people in a pontoon and had those people to take him to get help.  The people on the pontoon did not see anything.  He was taken to blythe landing and then transported by vehicle to cmc.  Drugs and/or alcohol were not a factor in this accident and they had all safety equipment.
CORNELIUS