On 7/30/10 at 1235hrs we were dispatched to pleasant harbor marina reference an accident involving a water skier. The information received was that a male subject was suffering from prop cuts and was being trasnfered to the marina by watercraft. Upon arrival i met with the oeprator of v1 while other deputies were tending to the victim. I asked the operator what happened and he stated he was operating v1 while the injured was waterskiing behind his watercraft. The said the skier had fallen into the water. He then said that he went around to retrieve the skier from the lake and when he was backing v1 towards the skier he miss judged the distance and ran into him with the propellor. I asked who the observer was and he stated his wife was the ski observer. I asked her if she could see the skier and she said that she did not see where the skier was and that she was not observing while the oeprator was backing towards the downed skier. The injured skier suffered multiple propellor cuts that ran from the left torso down just below his left hip. Peoria fire arrived on scene and made the determination to trasnport to the hospital via helicopter due to the injuries that he suffered. He was transported to john c lincoln north mountain hospital for non threatening injuries. There is nothing further at this time.
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