On saturday, 8/11/2012, at approximately 1520 hrs., i, indiana conservation officer, was travelling to monroe reservoir for assigned boat patrol when i was notified by central dispatch of a reported  juvenile injured from a wakeboard accident at four winds marina on monroe reservoir.  Central dispatch had received the information from monroe county dispatch and was only able to advise that an ambulance was enroute to four winds on a report of a 10 year old with a head laceration.  It was unknown whether the victim was at four winds or still on the lake.
   i diverted and went to bloomington hospital er in an attempt to locate the victim.  Er personnel at bloomington hospital informed me that they had not admitted a 10 year old victim with a head laceration.  I requested central dispatch to check with monroe hospital for the victim.  As i arrived at monroe hospital, central dispatch informed me that they had checked with monroe hospital and had been informed that they had not admitted the victim either.  As i was already at the hospital, i chose to personally check er and discovered that they had in fact admitted a 10 year old with a head laceration and was directed to the patient's room.
   i was greeted by a man who identified himself as Operator and the victim's father.
He stated he and his 10 year old son, wakeboarder, had been wakeboarding with family members at monroe reservoir when he fell face first into the water causing the wakeboard to flip back striking the back of the boy's head and resulting in a laceration to the right rear side of his scalp.  The victim, wakeboarder, was alert and laying in the hospital room bed watching cartoons on the tv when i entered.  I introduced myself and asked him to describe what had happened.  His description was consistent with his father's account.  He stated he had just started wakeboarding over the 4th of july weekend and was still learning to wakeboard. He had a gauze pad resting against the right side of his head and i asked if i could take a look at the injury.  He removed the pad and i could observe a laceration approximately 2-3 inches in length along with dried blood around the wound.  His father stated the attending nurse had indicated they were going to stitch the wound and release his son as the laceration was the only injury. Operator stated his father, Operator, was operating his boat, a 2006 mastercraft, when the accident happened and that both his father and the boat were at lake monroe village on fairfax rd.  He called his father and informed him that i needed to speak with him and see the boat involved.   I obtained identifying information and drove to lake monroe village to interview the boat operator.
    i arrived at lake monroe village at approximately 1656 hrs. And observed a red mastercraft with kentucky registration, ky 0508 ws, on a trailer in front of a cabin just inside the gate to the property.  I was greeted by Operator, the victim's grandfather and boat operator and the victim's uncle, who stated he was an observer on the boat and witness.  Their accounts of the incident was the same as the victim's and victim's father.  Operator stated they had initially called 911for an ambulance because the wound appeared worse at first and uncertainty whether there were any other head or neck injuries.  He stated that once his grandson calmed down and they were able to determine the injury was a fairly minor laceration to the scalp, his father decided to transport him to the nearest hospital by car.  I briefly inspected the boat, obtained the boat's registration information and identification and contact information from the operator and observer.

Bloomington                   