OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO A SAILBOAT ACCIDENT ON THE LAKE. AT THE TIME OF DISPATCH ALL OCCUPANTS ON VESSEL HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.  DISPATCHED OFFICER TALKED TO ALL OCCUPANTS ON VESSEL AT HOSPITAL WHILE SECOND OFFICER WENT TO SCENE AND TOOK PICTURES AND SURVEYED VESSEL. ACCORDING TO THE TWO ADULT INJURED PASSENGERS ON BOARD, THEY STATED THAT THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING NORTH FROM THE CREEK AT AROUND 5 KNOTS WHEN THE VESSEL STRUCK AN UNDERWATER OBJECT AND CAUSED THE VESSEL TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN DOWN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL LANDING ON HIS THROAT CAUSING PAIN AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING. THE OTHER ADULT PASSENGER ON BOARD VESSEL WAS THROWN DOWN INTO CABIN STAIRWELL AND GOT A CUT ON FOREHEAD AND HAD SEVERE BACK PAIN. THE FOUR YEAR OLD PASSENGER WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR AS WELL AND WAS EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN AS WELL AS SCRAPES. THE ONE YEAR OLD PASSENGER WAS IN A CAR SEAT AND THE CAR SEAT WAS KNOCKED AROUND AND THE VICTIM HAD ABRASIONS TO THE FOREHEAD. THE OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO LOWER SAILS AND MOTOR INTO A LANDING WHERE EMS CREWS WERE WAITING. OFFICER ADVISED THERE WHERE NO APPARENT DAMAGES TO THE VESSEL ABOVE THE WATERLINE. OPERATOR STATED THERE WAS NONE ABOVE WATER LINE BUT DID NOT KNOW THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE BELOW. ONLY ONE PFD WAS BEING WORN BY THE FOUR YEAR OLD VICTIM AND NO ALCOHOL/DRUGS WHERE SUSPECTED OR INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.
GRAND RIVERS                  