INITIAL CALL
On Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at approximately 1535 hours, I received a call from Summit County Sheriff Office Dispatch (SCD) of a boating accident with one injury at Rockport.  I was, at the time, off park assisting Summit County Sheriff Office (SCSO) with a bicycle accident on Browns Canyon Road.  I informed SCD that I was en route to the boat accident.


ARRIVE AT SCENE
At approximately 1545 hours, I arrived on the scene--concessionaire dock where the operator of the boat involved in the accident, P1, transported the boating party including the patient.  When I arrived, the patient, P2, was lying on his back in the back bench area of the boat he and his party had rented from Rockport Sports and Recreation (Rockport's concessionaire).  P2 had a towel and was pressing it to his forehead.  He was conscious, breathing, and somewhat alert.  Ranger 1 had arrived to the boat approximately three or four minutes prior to my arrival. Ranger 1 was off-duty but responded to the scene when he was contacted by Rockport's concessionaire and informed of the situation.    Ranger 1 informed me later that P2 had a gash on the upper left portion of his forehead approximately two inches in length.


SECOND PATIENT
While oP3 approached me and began complaining of an injury to the back right side of his head.  P3 believed P2 and he had collided when the incident occurred.  I looked at the injured area and could not see any indication of an injury.  P3 was also complaining of a soreness in his neck.  I informed P3 to sit down on or near the boat in shade.


AMBULANCE ARRIVAL
The first ambulance arrived at approximately 1600 hours.  A second arrived later (unsure of the time).  P2 and P3 were examined by the EMS staff with P2 receiving medical attention first.  Both individuals were placed in a neck collar and strapped to a backboard.  P2 was classified as the more serious patient.


ACCIDENT DETAILS
According P4 EMS (and later confirmed with P1), there were a total of six individuals on the boat.  P1 was the operator, P5, was the observer.  P2, P3, P5, and a child (P5's' sister) were all being towed.  They were all on a "banana" type tube designed to be towed behind a boat for recreational purposes.  The tube can hold as many as six or seven individuals.  P3 was in the first position on the tube with P2 in the third position.  As the boat was traveling straight in the north end of Rockport Reservoir near the dam at about 10 MPH, the tube became unstable and began to tip to one side.  All the occupants on the tube fell into the water.  There were no physical hazards in the water and the boat was approximately 150 - 200 yards from the shore in deep water.  It is believed that P3 and P2 collided with each other during the fall.  All individuals on the tube were wearing PFDs (Personal Floatation Devices).  The tube was brought to the concessionaire's dock along with everyone else after the accident.  There appeared to be no damage to the tube and it appeared to be functioning in the manner in which it was designed to function.


CONCL P2 and P3 were transported via ground ambulance (the first one that arrived on the scene) to the University of Utah Medical Center.  The boat, tube, and other boating equipment did not sustain any damage.  The injuries to P2 and P3 were not of a serious or life-threatening severity.
Peoa                          