ON 8/9/09 I RECEIVED A CALL AT APPROX. 1601HRS CONCERNING A BOAT ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VESSEL AND REPORTING PARTY WERE CURRENTLY AT THE STATELINE LAUNCH RAMP AND WAS ASKED TO INVESTIGATE. I RESPONDED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE REPORTING PARTY . HE STATED THAT AT APPROX. 1530HRS HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE CRUISING APPROX. 2 MILES INSIDE NAVAJO CANYON. HE STATED THAT HE LOOKED DOWN TO READ HIS MAP AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT HIS VESSEL BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. HE LOOKED UP AND DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO STRIKE A LARGE SUBMERGED ROCK NEAR THE CANYON WALL. HE SAID HE IMMEDIATELY REVERSED HIS ENGINES AND TURNED TO THE LEFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID STRIKING THE ROCK. HE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX. 10MPH JUST PRIOR AT THE TIME HE OBSERVED THE ROCK AND WAS UNSURE HOW MUCH HE SLOWED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE PASSENGERS ABOARD THE VESSEL TO FALL RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT INJURIES TO HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. THE 2 INJURED PARTIES WERE TRANSPORTED TO PAGE HOSPITAL ABOARD NPS AMBULANCE UNIT MEDIC 1. THE ACCIDENT ALSO CAUSED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD PNTOON AND DECKING.
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