OPERATOR TOLD ME THAT HE WAS TRAVELING THE IMPROPER DIRECTION ON SAGUARO LAKE AFTER LEAVING BOAT RAMP 2 TO CONTINUE BACK TO BAGLEY FLATS WHERE HE WAS GOING TO CAMP OVERNIGHT. operator HAD BEEN DRINKING AND AS HE BEGAN TO MAKE HIS WAY INTO THE MAIN WHEN HE COLLIDED WITHA ROCK FACE AND GROUNDED HIS VESSEL SUSTAINING SEVERE ABDOMINAL INJURIES. HIS PASSENGER ALSO SUSTAINED SEVERE ABDOMININAL INJURIES. BOTH HAD TO BE FLOWN TO SCOSSTDALE OSORN DUE TO THEIR INJURIES.

PER OFFICER CHARGES ARE PENDING ON THE OPERATOR. BOTH OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE IN THE HOSPITAL SO NO OUI ARREST WAS DONE AT THE TIME.
MESA                          