On July 21st, 2013 at approximately 1737 hours,I was on boat patrol on Lake Mead when I was flagged down by a passing boat just south of Sandy Cove. The occupants of the vessel informed me an adult female (later identified as) had been injured while wakeboarding. I contacted dispatch and had them contact NPS dispatch to have medics en route to Calville Bay. I escorted the vessel to Calville. 

The operator of the vessel gave the following written statement of the accident: "Victim attempted to wake board. When she tried to get out of the water, she got pulled forward and let go of the rope. As I came to get her, she started to scream and said that her knee felt like jelly. We started to drive back and found fish and game."

Another witness gave the following statement: "Victim was behind the boat trying to wakeboard. As we tried to pull her out of the water she fell forward. When she came out of the water she was in pain. She said her knee or hip was hurting. We pulled her out of the water and got her in the boat. Based on her description and view of her hip we thought it was dislocated. We started to drive to the dock and stop a police officer. We explained the situation and he radioed the paramedics. We got to the dock and waited for further assistance."

When paramedics arrived on scene they treated victim and transported to the hospital. The medics stated she suffered a broken femur.
Boulder City