ON 9/3/11 AT ABOUT 1228HRS victim WAS BEING TOWED ON AN INFLATABLE TUBE BEHIND A FRIENDS PONTOON BOAT. ACCORDING THE THE OPERATOR/OWNER HE HAD JUST MADE A TURN INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND victim HAD SWUNG OUT OF THE WAKE BEHIND THE BOAT. DURING THIS TIME ANOTHER WAKE FROM A PRIOR WATERCRAFT CAME ACROSS HIS PATH KNOCKING victim OFF THE TUBE. SINCE SHE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN SHE WAS TAKEN BACK TO HER CAMPSIGHT AT LOWER BURNT CORRAL. UPON ARRIVAL ON SCENE WE SECURED victim ON A BACKBOARD AND REQUESTED THAT SHE BE TRANSPORTED BY AIR AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. AIR EVAC 4 CAME A SHORT TIME LATER AND TRANSPORTED HER TO SCOTTSDALE OSBORNE FOR FURTHER TREATMENT AND EVALUATION. I LATER SPOKE TO THE OEPRATOR AND HE ADVISED THAT victim WAS BEING TOWED AND FACED BACKWARDS ON THE TUBE. WHEN SHE SWUNG OUT AND THE OTHER WAKE HIT THE TUBE HER LEGS WENT UP OVER HER HEAD FLIPPING HER INTO THE WATER. HE THEN STATED THAT WHEN THEY GOT BACK TO CAMP AND victim EXITED THE BOAT SHE DID NOT NEED ASSISTANCE AND WALKED TO HER CAMP. HE WAS ONLY LATER TOLD THAT SHE COULD NOT FEEL HER LEGS WHILE SHE WAS IN THE WATER AND NEEDED FURTHER ASSISTANCE. HE SAID AFTER HE DROPPED OF victim AND HER FRIENDS, HIS WIFE AND HIM WENT DOWNSTREAM UNTIL HE OBSERVED A HELICOPTER LANDING AT THE CAMPSITE. HE RETURNED AN WAITED FOR US SO THAT WE COULD COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION. A SAFETY CHECK WAS COMPLETED ON THE VESSEL AND NO ALCOHOL WAS ON BOARD. operator HAD NO ALCOHOL ON HIM OR AROUND HIS AREA. WITH THIS INFORMATION RECEIVED IN REGARDS TO THE INCIDENT NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED. NOTHING FURTHER.
TORTILLA FLATS                