On 7/4/10 at approx. 2228hrs i was dispatched to a boating accident winth injuries at saguaro lake. It was a single watercraft accident that had hit shoreline across from boat ramp 2 on the south shore. The caller was with 2 patients and signaling with a flashlight. Upon arrival it was discovered that the caller had trasnported the patients from the scene to boat ramp 2. The opertator had a scalp laceration approx. 6 inches long on the top of his head. He was complaining of neck, back, shoulder pain and thinks he lost consciousness for approx. 2 minutes. I assisted with patient care and operator was flown by air-evac to scottsdale osborne hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

While speaking with operator i did not smell any odor of alcohol and he had quit drinking several hours prior. Occupant1 was seated in the passenger seat during the accident. He was treated for minor cuts and bruises but was not beyond first aid and refused further treatment. I spoke to occupant1 and he told me the following concerning the accident: his friend operator picked him up from the boat ramp approx. 10 minutes before the accident. They were traveling on plane in the dark at approx. 35mph when the next thing he heard was a loud bang. He picked himself up from the floor and noticed operator bleeding badly from his head. Operator was in and out of consciousness and soon another boat came by and picked them up and taken to boat ramp 2. 

I spoke to good samiritan who was the operator of the watercraft that transported the patients to the rampand he told me the following: he and his girlfriend were sitting in the middle of the lake when they heard a loud crash on the shoreline. He was able to locate the accident scene, help the 2 occupants and transported them to the ramp. Both occupants were near the stern of the watercraft and appeared dazed. They controlled the bleeding from operators head with a towel enroute to ramp 2. On 7/5/10 i spoke to operator on the telephone after he was released from the hospital. He told me the following: he came to the lake with 4 friends at approx. 1700hrs. They were on the water until approx. 2100hrs. His friends left the lake and he called occupant1 to come be on the water with him for a few hours. Occupant1 arrived at 2200hrs and got on the boat with operator. Operators plan was to find a cove and listen to music and nature with occupant1. He borrowed the boat from his brother as his boat was having mechanical problems. When he left the no wake zone he said he was traveling approx. 30mph. The handheld spotlight he was using was intermittent and kept going out. He did not see the shoreline and they struck the shore when the light was off. He didn't remember much after that. At the hospital he received svereal stitches to his head, but had no broken bones. I spoke with the owner and gave him the coordinates of the accident scene and he removed the watercraft the following week. The damage to the watercraft as well as its placement on shore was consistent with being on plane and traveling 30 plus mph. There was no alcohol on board and did not find any drug use on the watercraft. Nothing further.

MESA                          