A 17 YEAR OLD AND HIS FATHER HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WHEN AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE RACCOON LAKE BOAT RENTAL.  

DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION/INCIDENT:
     I SPOKE WITH SUBJECT ON THE DOCKS AT THE RACCOON LAKE BOAT RENTAL AREA.  SUBJECT STATED THAT HE AND HIS SON, AGE 17 YEARS, WERE WORKING ON THE ENGINE OF HIS PERSONAL WATERCRAFT.  THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WAS DOCKED ALONGSIDE HIS PONTOON BOAT.
     VICTIM WAS SITTING ON THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WHILE SUBJECT WAS LEANING OVER FROM THE DECK OF HIS PONTOON BOAT.  AN ATTEMPT TO START THE MACHINE WAS MADE AND IT CREATED AN EXPLOSION.  VICTIM WAS THROWN INTO THE WATER AND HIS FATHER WAS THROWN BACKWARDS ON TO THE FLOOR OF THE PONTOON.  HE THEN JUMPED IN TO HELP VICTIM.  
     Subject2 AGE 12 WAS STANDING ON THE DECK OF THE PONTOON AND RECEIVED ONLY VERY SLIGHT SINGEING OF HIS HAIR.  HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  SUBJECT RECEIVED SINGED HAIR ON HIS FACE AND CHEST, HE ALSO REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. 
       VICTIM RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS FACE AND CHEST. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CLAY COUNTY HOSPITAL NEAR BRAZIL.
     I PHOTOGRAPHED THE PONTOON BOAT AND THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT.  F/SGT. AND I VISUALLY INSPECTED THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT.  I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE COMING FROM INSIDE THE MACHINE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  I COULD SEE THERE WAS A LEAST A QUART OF GASOLINE IN THE BOTTOM O HULL OF THE PERSONAL WATER CRAFT.

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