ON 7-30-12 I WAS CONTACTED BY VANDERBURGH COUNTY DISPATCH TO RESPOND TO A BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE OHIO RIVER. ASSISTED BY EVANSVILLE FIRE, A PASSERBY TOWED THE DAMAGED BOAT TO DRESS PLAZA. WHILE TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER NEAR SIGECO BEACH THE BOAT HAD STRUCK A OBJECT BELIEVED TO BE A LOG. THE IMPACT BROKE THE LOWER UNIT OFF THE BOAT. I MET WITH THE PARTIES AT THE DRESS PLAZA BOAT RAMP. THE VICTIMS BOAT (27FT MAXUM) HAD BEEN TAKING ON WATER AND WAS PARTIALLY SINKING. FIRE PERSONNEL TIED THE BOAT OFF TO THE BOAT RAMP TO PREVENT IT FROM FURTHER SINKING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. I CONTACTED HAMRICKS TOWING WHO TOWED THE BOAT. ON 8-1-12 I INSPECTED THE BOAT AT HAMRICKS LOT AND THE LOWER UNIT HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF. NO OTHER IMPACT SIGNS WERE VISIBLE.
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