A BOAT WITH SEVEN ABOARD WAS TOWING AN UNOCCUPIED TUBE WHILE CRUSING BACK TO THE DOCK AFTER A DAY OF TUBING. WITHOUT WARNING THE TUBE TOW ROPE CONNECTION AT THE TOP CENTER CLEAT ON THE BOAT RELEASED AND TEN YEAR OLD PASSENGER WHO HAD HIS FOOT ATOP THE TOW ROPE BECAME WRAPPED AROUND HIS LEGS. PASSENGER SUFFERED A DISLOCATION & SEVERE LEG BURNS WHEN THE ROPE RELEASED FROM ITS CONNECTION ON THE BOAT. THE INCREASED TENSION OF THE TOWED TUBE DRAGGING IN THE WATER TIGHTENED THE ROPE AROUND THE PASSENGER'S LEG & PULLING THE PASSENGER BACK TO THE MOST REAR SEAT. CAUSING THE INJURY TO HIS LEG.
A PASSING BOAT PATROL BOAT WAS FLAGGED DOWN, AND QUICK FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED. THE INJURED PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE STERLING WORTH BOAT LAUNCH WHERE HIS MOTHER TRANSPORTED HIM TO MERCY HOSPITAL. THE INJURED WAS LATER CONVEYED TO MILWAUKEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. INJURED 1O YEAR OLD WAS TREATED & RELEASED AFTER A THREE DAY STAY.
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