On 5/31/2010 at approximately 10:08 am a call came into the Buena Vista County Communications Center regarding a boat accident that occurred on Storm Lake.  The caller reported a young boy had been severely cut and was in a boat without a motor.  Further information  the caller indicated the boat was being towed to shore where emegency services where needed for the young boy that suffered a lacerated arm.  It was first noticed that the motor of the boat was lying inside the passenger area of the boat.  An examination of the rear of the boat near the transom showed that the motor bracket itself had been broken clean from the rear of the boat.  Early indicators appeared as if the motor had struck something very hard and it had forced the motor to flip over into the passenger area of the boat.  The motor end was lying to the driver's side of the boat and the propeller and lower unit were lying directly over the passenger rear seat.  The victim was located in the passenger second seat directly underneath where the prop and and the lower unit of the motor came to rest.  During the operation of the boat they were proceeding across the water when the boat struck the submerged pipe coming from the dredge unit located on the lake.  The force of the impact caused the motor to break away from the transom or the rear of the boat and to flip over upside down and come into the passenger compartment of the boat.  When this happened the propeller on the motor would have been still rotating which caused the severe injuries to the victim.
The dredge pipe company was working on dredging the lake of silt and when that is done it causes the pipe to float.  The company has been advised in the past not to move the dredge pipe on a weekend which always causes the pipe to float

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